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twisted28@lemmy.world 9 months agoOh yes I completely understand how they work and harvesting data etc, but that does not discount the fact #Metoo brought down powerful people,
guitarsarereal@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Yeah, but the fact it brought down some powerful people doesn’t mean it threatened the system as a whole. Things like Me Too become threatening to the system when they become widespread and ubiquitous and there’s a perception the ruling class isn’t interested in fixing it up. Also, many upper class people, particularly of course women, are survivors and likely are not interested in being endangered by rape culture, so there was support from within the upper echelons about Me Too.
I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, I’m saying that’s a little perpendicular to the whole question of whether or not Twitter was some kind of revolutionary working-class institution before Musk bought it. It was an influence marketplace. Everybody used it to buy and sell influence. Including progressive movements, and fascists. This had good, and bad, effects, and we shouldn’t put it on a pedestal.
twisted28@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It brought down some powerful people. This was my point. I never used the service. With proper moderation, it could have turned into a valuable asset for the working class in which to hold powerful people accountable when the government is unable or unwilling.