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Social media needs governance.

Twitter, now bought by Elon musk who vows to destroy "woke mind virus" which he claims is a democratic party thing [1], is too consequential.

[1] https://www.foxnews.com/media/musk-says-trans-child-figurati...

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I actually feel the opposite. I supported Twitter banning Trump -- a decision made following its own stated rules.

I support Musk fucking with the political process with his purely partisan decisions at odds with his stated rules. It's his web site. He paid handsomely for it.

If he wants it to be TruthSocial, he should have it. And anybody with a lick of decency will avoid it.

Did it need governance when it used to lean heavily left?

Yes of course. The issue here is not left vs right. The issue is “man-child thinks messing with politics and free elections is funny, and that he’s entitled to it because he bought a plot of land on the internet.”

True.

Yes of course. We had similar discussions on HN before too.

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