[Forgeties79]

>Is it because they lack coding manpower, or because Elon chased away all advertisers? Correlation != causation.

Didn’t say that.

> Bear in mind I was talking about functionality of the product, not corporate operation/valuation.

Didn’t say otherwise. In fact I made it a point to separate out the discussion of how it is functioning operationally from its valuation.

> Funny, I never heard the left complain about Twitter being a woke/democrat megaphone during the Jack Dorsey era.

And the right isn’t complaining about the current state. You also don’t know what I said about Twitter back then. I’m not accountable for whatever general idea you have concocted “the left.”

I am simply saying that it clearly is a megaphone for the right now. If you think it is even somewhat neutral and balanced now feel free to say so, but I would be surprised to hear that.

[joe_mamba]

Sorry I didn't mean to paint you as "the left", I was speaking in general sense.

And that's why I said "They don't hate the propaganda megaphone, they hate not being the ones in charge of it.", meaning I don't think it's a partisan issue, and both sides are equally guilty.

[Forgeties79]

Maybe so but Musk’s whole promise was more neutrality and openness, which he has handedly failed to bring about. Twitter censors worse and more explicitly than ever. And don’t even get me started on Grok/Grokopedia. Like Trump it’s “accurate” if it reflects his worldview - same reason he puts his thumb on the scale with Twitter.

I am progressive. I understand Twitter leaned left. But it leans way further right now as exerted from the top than it did the other direction.