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>>prawn+(OP)
Musk on November 6th:

My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk

https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/15894149585086914...

>>jrmg+LI
Yes, thank you for reminding this forum, although I’m sure everyone here remembers or has already been made aware of this contradiction.

Can you argument this point further or is it enough to imagine it with a trollface meme?

Me personally, I argue that it was an exaggerated policy position to take. Under no circumstances should menacing, harassment, threats to personal safety be tolerated.

It’s definitely a good thing that Musk backtracked on this, as the previous policy would have been used to cover some outrageous behavior, such as invading the personal space of LGBTQ accounts, outing them at work, or even menacingly posting selfies in their neighborhood.

There are limits to speech, free speech is meant within the context of public sphere debate and politics.

This tit-for-tat confrontation has to be suppresses, or the verbal rioting that is online trolling will again spillover into IRL.

>>eecc+nU
I posted that deliberately without comment. I think it stands on its own as something people should reflect on when forming their opinion of the current situation, and thought that adding commentary would only muddy the perception of it.

I definitely did not intend it to be imagined with a troll face meme.

But since you asked my opinion, I’ll post it and people can judge it separately to the tweet.

I actually do agree with the idea that you shouldn’t post the whereabouts of people, even celebrities, if they’re not at public events - even if the information is technically public. That seems like a reasonable rule.

It’s the capriciousness and lack of concern for consistency - the seeming knee-jerk, ad hoc decision making - that is so frustrating. (And that many of the people defending it are the same people who perceived old Twitter to be capricious - but that’s another digression.)

I believe that rule-making (and enforcing) for something like Twitter requires more consistency, more deliberation, and more decorum than is currently being presented. I am afraid that this is not in Musk’s nature, and afraid about what the consequences of that will be.

I think the tweet I quoted, combined with knowledge of the current situation, is evidence for all of that.

>>jrmg+dY
Thanks. I prefer this comment, where your considerations are reasonably articulated and "on the record" rather than letting the reader project their own assumptions.

I don't think Musk's behavior is capricious, but rather _improvident_. It shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the problem domain -- social media -- and functional capacity to process its signals. I'd prefer he turned back to tech, where he undeniably has a much better track record.

>>eecc+Yp1
Yeah - though I would argue he is also exhibiting capriciousness, “improvident” is a great description. Basically I agree with all of that.