• XIIIesq@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    How about “if you don’t like Musk, don’t use X or buy a Tesla?”

    I personally don’t really like any billionaires at all, but I’m not going to get in to a hissy fit because someone uses Microsoft Windows or bought something from Amazon.

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      24 hours ago

      That’s all well and good, and that’s currently my policy.

      But that’s an entirely different discussion than whether banning a certain propaganda platform is worth doing and would cause the intended results.

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        4 hours ago

        The first thought that comes to my mind is that the people in Twitter are just going to migrate to another social network. It won’t be problem solved, it’ll be problem moved.

        The second thought I have is the amount of hate and comments full of misinformation on sites like Facebook. Should we ban Facebook too? And if so, where does it stop and who is it that gets to decide that a site is getting banned for “wrong think”.

        Personally, I believe this isn’t so much a petition against X, but a petition against Musk, who I think wouldn’t be absolutely gutted even if X went out of business. I think he bought it with the aim of derailing anyway.

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      22 hours ago

      I’m not going to get in to a hissy fit because someone uses Microsoft Windows or bought something from Amazon

      You’re more mature than some people here.