RIP Twitter

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You know how google got so popular? I do, I was one of the first people in the world to use google (publicly). Their moto was "Do No Evil". They would like you to forget that now.
 
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#5,756
Nobody gets that kind of money and power without doing nefarious things. Should you cancel them? Not if you want an economy. You have to make better choices as a consumer. Some evil has to happen. What you want to do is LIMIT THE DAMAGE.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Cool, so no link
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I don't think anyone is misunderstanding the article you were referencing. I remain unconvinced that there may not have been other quid pro quo built into the "stored communications act" order payments.

Even if I grant you that there is no quid pro quo tied to the otherwise legit payment for functionary legal requests, we already know the FBI made requests for the censorship of certain users and certain stories and that those requests were granted whether they paid for anything or not. We also know that ex-FBI official Jim Baker, who was the general council for Twitter at the time, helped suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story and then thanked the FBI for helping obscure the truth. That's not alarming to you, the super staunch anti-FBI guy.
 
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SamRebel35 said:
I don't think anyone is misunderstanding the article you were referencing. I remain unconvinced that there may not have been other quid pro quo built into the "stored communications act" order payments.

Even if I grant you that there is no quid pro quo tied to the otherwise legit payment for functionary legal requests, we already know the FBI made requests for the censorship of certain users and certain stories and that those requests were granted whether they paid for anything or not. We also know that ex-FBI official Jim Baker, who was the general council for Twitter at the time, helped suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story and then thanked the FBI for helping obscure the truth. That's not alarming to you, the super staunch anti-FBI guy.
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You don't have to be convinced by it. It doesn't prove that. The point is that it's not conclusive, so I cannot conclude pay-for-censorship...which you seem to have a problem with when both of us should be agreeing that it's inconclusive.
 
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n_huffhines said:
You don't have to be convinced by it. It doesn't prove that. The point is that it's not conclusive, so I cannot conclude pay-for-censorship...which you seem to have a problem with when both of us should be agreeing that it's inconclusive.
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But there is conclusive proof that a former FBI official worked hand in hand with the FBI to censor a major story. Pay or no pay. It happened. Nothing but silence from you. No biggie, I guess.
 
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SamRebel35 said:
But there is conclusive proof that a former FBI official worked hand in hand with the FBI to censor a major story. Pay or no pay. It happened. Nothing but silence from you. No biggie, I guess.
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It doesn't matter what actually happens because you either have the most convenient memory or you are comfortable with lying to win the argument.

n_huffhines said:
I'm glad to have concrete evidence of FBI tampering, but guess what....it's not going to change anything. I've been about abolishing the FBI since before you guys were voting for McCain and Romney. The FBI has been undermining our democracy since at least MLK and it's not going to stop, unfortunately. You guys are up your azzes lecturing me about the FBI. It's exciting and new for you, but it's the 1000th confirmation of my long-held belief.
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Same old BS. Y'all misrepresent me. I correct you with receipts.
 
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n_huffhines said:
It doesn't matter what actually happens because you either have the most convenient memory or you are comfortable with lying to win the argument.



Same old BS. Y'all misrepresent me. I correct you with receipts.
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A receipt saying you'd be open to concrete proof. But there is. And your posts are still 10:1 dunking on Elon rather than being critical of the previous twitter regime and the government directed censorship they facilitated. The last 8 years people have been complaining about Twitter being censored and being an extension of the state propaganda wing, and all you've done is defend their right to censor. Now you're willfully turning a blind eye to the fact that they were in cahoots this whole time. And then you throw the "bias" accusation at other people.
 
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SamRebel35 said:
A receipt saying you'd be open to concrete proof. But there is. And your posts are still 10:1 dunking on Elon rather than being critical of the previous twitter regime and the government directed censorship they facilitated. The last 8 years people have been complaining about Twitter being censored and being an extension of the state propaganda wing, and all you've done is defend their right to censor. Now you're willfully turning a blind eye to the fact that they were in cahoots this whole time. And then you throw the "bias" accusation at other people.
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It's right there in front of you, and you still don't have a grasp on it. How is this possible? How are you getting this wrong?
 
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n_huffhines said:
It's right there in front of you, and you still don't have a grasp on it. How is this possible? How are you getting this wrong?
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I took "I'm glad to have concrete evidence of FBI tampering" as "I'd gladly accept evidence of FBI tampering". My mistake. I was a little confused by this because it seems like the most nonchalant milquetoast admittance of a reversal of one's previous stance. From insisting that FBI involvement in Twitter is an unprovable conspiracy theory to admitting it was real the whole time and you only dedicated a handful of words to the task.

"If we had proof of this stuff, that would be one thing... Oh we do? Well, there ya go. Anyway, it doesn't really matter."
 
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volbeast33 said:
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Look, if you are high profile and troll people on social media for a year straight, you're gonna make enemies. When you're a billionaire, you gotta be so nice for people to like you, and even then they probably won't. Save this take for the Koch Brothers, Rogan. Musk brought this on himself.
 
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Wife and I both unfollowed Elon because his tweets were taking over my feed. According to him it's just a coincidence. Yeah, sure.
 
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