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your strawman is that having a generally pro-elon disposition = thinking elon is some kind of infallible savior The reality is that the current moderation of m
by cowtools 4y ago
your strawman is that having a generally pro-elon disposition = thinking elon is some kind of infallible savior
The reality is that the current moderation of major forums like Twitter, HN, etc is so one-sided that it produces whatever passive-aggressive posturing that we are engaged in with this very conversation.
I am not going to make a defense of elon or his actions, but I will say that I believe there are two good outcomes:
* Elon behaves rationally and makes twitter usable for civil discussion.
* Elon behaves irrationally and destroys twitter, creating space for competitors like mastodon, etc.
If you agree with this premise, then it should be clear that most any change elon makes to twitter is beneficial in the long run, good or bad. This is why I am not so quick to criticize.
- zzzeek 4y ago> thinking elon is some kind of infallible savior oh that's based on my observation of comments whenever he comes up, like this one here right on this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33389206 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33389206
- hnfong 4y agoThat was a logical counter argument against the claim that Elon Musk was surrounded by yes-men. From the context it seems very unlikely that the post you referred to literally thought Elon Musk is always right.