Using ten domains as an example is not evidence. Did anyone check the millions of sites on the internet?
How do you know there were not lots of sites Elon "likes" that were being throttled?
Did anyone test more than 100 domains?
This could have easily been a bug.
e.g. a bug that was happening temporarily because an in memory cache was breaking for certain indexes.
Oh well, people like casting stones — personally I am going to wait for more of the facts.
(Note: I haven't said whether I like Elon or not)
(Edit: If my post is so disagreeable, I would love if someone could take the time to give me a short reply as to why)
Am I supposed to believe that Musk and his team is so dumb that they attempted to add a FIVE freaking seconds delay and thought they could get away?
All I've seen is between 10-20 websites were tested by HN users.
And a whole lot of "inference" based off that.
He banned journalists who reported on it, banned links to Mastodon, Substack, and Threads, changed the algorithm to boost his own content, slapped a warning label on NPR implying it was government funded and no more independent than the Global Times or Russia Today.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/journalists-who-wrote-ab...
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512113/twitter-blockin...
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/7/23674427/substack-twitter-...
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23600358/elon-musk-tweets...
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twit...
So you could be right and this might be a bug, but your implication that we should give Twitter the benefit of the doubt doesn’t hold up.
(Open Item: A shorter name)
Like what is the point of "citing" a bunch of "sources" if the "sources" are only able to provide the necessary information at one particular point in time?
I don’t see any apologies for any of the bad actions Twitter has taken since the purchase, and the hypocrisy of doing this while claiming to be a center of free speech is astounding.
Of course Twitter had bias before because every group of people has a bias. But that doesn’t mean that everything they do is wrong or malicious, just because you don’t like them. The real tragedy is letting your own bias blind you to what’s in front of your face.
This is the sentiment I am getting from everyone. But it would seem to be the pot calling the kettle black.
Everyone is making an assumption off _their_ bias, I am asking for data before I decide.
Feel like I am taking crazy pills.