cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1518647
Archived version: https://archive.ph/6ErsM
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230816131642/https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/15/elon-musk-once-again-tries-to-throttle-links-to-sites-he-dislikes/
about as expected. Twitter is very close to 4chan now. Maybe even worse considering how Musk personally unbanned the right wing account which posted child sexual abuse.
i think the kind of conspiracies being promoted there (eg. Chinese space lasers causing Maui wildfires) will certainly drive away anyone slightly left of center.