[tropicalbeach]

Why Twitter is better now than before. I used to never use it and now i use it more than any other platform.

Don't really get why people are hating so much. Finally there is somewhere where people can post without being banned or having posts removed. Why do you want filtered social media it's fake.

[dale_glass]

People still get banned and get posts removed from the new Twitter all the time. Musk took no time at all to go back on his promises.

> Why do you want filtered social media it's fake.

There's no such thing as unfiltered social media. Every website is subject to laws, demands from the hosts, and business constraints. If you want ads, the advertisers want a say in what content you have.

[threatofrain]

Someone like PG gets his account disabled just for mentioning another social network. That's how far Twitter is going against the direction of free speech. This is coming from the guy who thinks it's fair play to accuse a rescue worker of pedophilia as retaliation for being insulted.

Musk wanted to destroy that guy. He repeatedly accused him of pedophilia and clarified that he specifically meant sex with young Thai boys. He then paid for an investigation to dig up dirt.

[drcongo]

Correction: "the guy who thinks it's fair play to accuse a rescue worker of pedophilia as retaliation for feeling insulted"

[hagbarth]

> Finally there is somewhere where people can post without being banned or having posts removed

What you didn't know 4chan, 8chan/8kun, paler, truth social and a myriad of other "free speech fundamentalist" sites before?

[flir]

@elonjet

But I'm sure you've got a post hoc justification for that.

[HlessClaudesman]

Nice try Elon.

[tropicalbeach]

Genuine question you like your social media filtered by someone who says what you're allowed to see?

[dale_glass]

Genuine answer: Yes.

If I wanted an unfiltered experience, there's 4chan and the like. Notice that I'm not there, but somewhere I don't have to wade through mountains of crap. HN is very much moderated, that's what keeps it useful.

[Joeri]

Taking your question seriously, I would say mike masnick has the definitive answer: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you...

By the way, Twitter under Elon supposedly obeys more government censorship demands than before: https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2023-04/twitter-complying-mo...

So if you believe twitter is now a free speech platform, it just means that you’re no longer the one being censored. That doesn’t mean no one is.

[threeseed]

There have been a large number of accounts that have been censored by Twitter.

Musk even admitted doing so at the behest of foreign governments something Twitter 1.0 used to aggressively fight and prevent from happening.

[spiderfarmer]

Do you want to live in todays world but without laws and regulations?

[svet_0]

People are hating because Elon == Bad. Twitter is pretty good these days, I see almost no spam and content quality has improved.