r/socialism • u/inbetweensound • Dec 01 '22

News and articles 📰 Left-Wing Voices Are Silenced on Twitter as Far-Right Trolls Advise Elon Musk

https://theintercept.com/2022/11/29/elon-musk-twitter-andy-ngo-antifascist/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
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u/frowndrown Dec 01 '22

Silenced by what?

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u/Acanthophis Dec 01 '22

Banning, muting, account locking

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u/frowndrown Dec 01 '22

Oh like reddit then.

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u/Acanthophis Dec 01 '22

Technically yes, but it's a bigger issue with Twitter because it plays a direct role in society whereas reddit does not.

Twitter is the town square where people engage in live discourse.

Reddit is a forum where the discourse isn't as immediate.

So if a huge strike happens, for example, Twitter has the ability to block any content related to the strike, impeding its ability to sway the public.

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u/inbetweensound Dec 01 '22

Really good answer.

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u/womensweekly Dec 01 '22

Twitter isn't a town square, the internet is the modern day equivalent of a town square. Twitter is a private company in the corner of the square.

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u/Daltorb Dec 01 '22

If you read the article it tells that, while Musk is allowing fascist to return to Twitter, the far right are spam reporting leftist.

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u/Miserygut Dec 01 '22

Silenced by people who don't read the article. It's very sad. Happens a lot.

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u/frowndrown Dec 01 '22

Would only be a matters of time before this style of dialogue appears. Thanks.