REPOST - ELON MUSK IS STILL A COUNT - Twitter algorithm versus Ukraine
Too much power in a bro's hands
Updated 13 Noveber 2024 because fuck Twitter, Musk and half of American voters
I raged at the earlier administration of Twitter allowing Russians to incite genocide and spread lies, without consequence. These diplomats and their lackeys should be off Twitter.
I believe Twitter’s executives are criminally liable for providing Russians and others, a platform for inciting violence. I don’t care about US law on the subject, Twitter is international.
I definitely see a violation of Polish law when Twitter refuses to remove content that is pure incitement and evil.
Twitter also falls foul of memory laws in Europe when it tolerates content that contains lies about the Soviet Union, causes of WW2, Holocaust and recently Holodomor.
That said, Elon Musk’s Twitter is becoming the cesspit it was predicted it would become.
Elon Musk revealed Twitter’s algorithm. Here’s the Yahoo report.
It’s terrible for people who write about Ukraine.
This is 100% true for me.
And Julia Davis.
And others.
There was a boost previously for Ukraine content but Musk, who is engaged Rus useful idiot warfare againt Ukraine, via his genocide friendly friends, revered that.
Every time I use a substack link I murder my engagement.
Musk wants to force content onto Twitter. Sorry, but you can’t provide excellent analysis in 25 post tweets. You can provide good analysis if you try and spend an inordinate amount of time working on the unfriendly format. But not excellent. With links. Pictures. And videos. Substack allows you to do so much better. But Musk is forcing content onto his network WHICH HE WANT US PAY HIM TO PROVIDE CONTENT TO.
He “should be paying me”, as Phil Blood said.
Free speech absolutist, liar, apartheid beneficiary. Oligarch. And there’s nothing good about being one. Pal to murderers.
Ironic I’m using Tweets here to provide the content, I admit that, but I don’t have the time to deal with this in long form format. Maybe an article down the line on the lines of “Twitter and Ukraine - the Social Media wars and the Oligarch(s)”
No more safe harbors. And blind trusts for media assets. Murdoch proved he can devastate a country or three. Australia, the UK and the USA. Musk will destroy Twitter, a place where a lot of good and some evil occurred.
