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Steeve@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I personally haven’t heard of this, but if it’s true it’s probably just because he’s latched on to them like I was saying. He didn’t buy Twitter with some nefarious intent to unblock far right accounts, he bought it because he’s an idiot who got into a pissing match on social media. He even tried to get out of the sale claiming “bots” and the owners threatened to sue the shit out of him.

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anlumo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Example: pbs.twimg.com/media/FgKSQUrXoAABPWi.jpg

I agree with your assessment. I’m not claiming that he has a plan of any sorts, things just happen in a spur of the moment. However, that’s also the appeal of the far-right. It doesn’t need research or having a solid base of knowledge to base their opinions on, it’s just random stuff these people read on the Internet that feels good to them.

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ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

He didn’t buy Twitter with some nefarious conservative intent to unblock far right accounts

Yet less than a month after he finished the acquisition he unblocked the orange excrescence. That’s the fastest he could get to it, because the first week he was firing execs, the second week he was laying off half the workforce, and the third week he was already dicking around with Twitter Blue and charging for the checkmark.

Admittedly, the sink in the lobby was a higher priority timewise, but he got around to unblocking Donald Trump as quickly as he could, AND while janitorial staff were still available to clean the Twitter HQ bathrooms.

Coincidence? I think not.

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