Elon recently dropped some interesting takes on how he's been running the platform lately. His approach? Pushing for what he calls a balanced, centrist stance on content moderation.
According to him, the goal has been restoring equilibrium to the platform. He emphasized that left-leaning voices haven't faced suspensions or bans under his watch—a deliberate move to counter perceptions of bias.
Whether you buy into his framing or not, it's clear he's trying to position the platform as politically neutral ground. The whole "common sense" angle he's pitching basically boils down to: let different viewpoints coexist without heavy-handed intervention.
Interesting times for social platforms and how they handle speech.
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MevTears
· 12-01 12:57
Balanced neutrality? Laughable, I've heard this trap too many times
As soon as the Algorithm is adjusted, it's clear who is real and who is fake
It's just playing political language again, no matter how nice it sounds, it doesn't change the facts
This "common sense content review" sounds so familiar...
Freedom of speech and platform responsibility are inherently contradictory, to insist they can be reconciled? Nonsense
Anyway, I've never believed in this "neutral" nonsense.
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CodeZeroBasis
· 12-01 12:57
Balance neutrality? Heh, easy to say
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Here we go again with this trap... The left isn't banned? What about the right?
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Neutrality is the hardest; everyone feels suppressed
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To put it bluntly, it's just about trying to please everyone, and in the end, no one believes it
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These days, those who talk about "common sense" have some issues
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When will the platform really stop caring so much?
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The phrase "no bias" itself is the most biased
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It's interesting, but nobody really believes him
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The core issue is: freedom of speech ≠ no bottom line, right?
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StableCoinKaren
· 12-01 12:42
Centering? Ha, just listening to that is enough; anyone who believes it is a fool.
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rugdoc.eth
· 12-01 12:41
Balance? Uh... it looks more like selective amnesia.
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YieldHunter
· 12-01 12:41
ngl if you look at the data on moderation patterns, the correlation coefficient between stated policy and actual enforcement is... yeah, pretty sus. technically speaking, "balanced" moderation's got more red flags than a sustainable yield farm rn
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SatsStacking
· 12-01 12:35
Balanced neutrality? Ha, let's see what those banned accounts have to say.
Elon recently dropped some interesting takes on how he's been running the platform lately. His approach? Pushing for what he calls a balanced, centrist stance on content moderation.
According to him, the goal has been restoring equilibrium to the platform. He emphasized that left-leaning voices haven't faced suspensions or bans under his watch—a deliberate move to counter perceptions of bias.
Whether you buy into his framing or not, it's clear he's trying to position the platform as politically neutral ground. The whole "common sense" angle he's pitching basically boils down to: let different viewpoints coexist without heavy-handed intervention.
Interesting times for social platforms and how they handle speech.