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Originally Posted by Maggy
Well it seems to me that anyone who disagrees with the platform/website/ownership can just unsubscribe and then it’s the new owner’s responsibility/problem on whether it remains viable. There are lots of other spaces to visit and subscribe to.
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You are are correct up to a point. The main issue is that Twitter is a non-subscription platform open to all, including children. There are those that do not have the political & societal maturity to gauge if the content they may come across is appropriate or harmful. That is why the platform had a team to filter content that was inappropriate from both ends of the political spectrum.
You can argue, and some do, that the filter was biased. That is par for the course in today's fractured world but the principle remains that harmful content needs moderating. It is this latter aspect of Twitter that Musk is reducing. I would not be surprised if racist/homophobic/misogynist/etc. content is not already on the rise.