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Yeah not really sure how people think trying to squeeze more money out of the platform will somehow improve the experience.

Twitter has not as aggressively monetized with advertising as FB has, I wonder if we will see the same soon.

I personally think this move, and to a larger extent the current trends we're seeing in our industry has much more to do with revenue, profits and share price than it does with the product or any social consequences.

like big tobacco selecting tobacco plant strains with more nicotine to ensure addiction

I think twitter moderation has been so overtly one sided that there is plenty of profit to be made by warming up to the other side.

I'll take Things That Will Never Happen for $400, Alex.

And what is the cost of that to society? These companies always maximize their own profits. Nobody cares about society or greater good anymore.

I wonder if that is the reason why we are living in the age of misinformation.

Do you have examples to share? From what I've seen of posts taken down and/or accounts banned it seems to be people spewing severe vitriol - and that's on both sides.