Proof that the whole "I'll give people free speech after I buy Twitter" talk was just yet another one of Elon Musk's scams.

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[–]jet199Instigatrix 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

To be fair he hasn't sacked them all yet. I doubt Elon was personally involved in this ban.

[–]EternalSunset[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The lowly jannies are the smallest part of the problem, since those people mostly just do what they are paid and told to do by their superiors. If you follow the chain of command then it's the companies policy director that is delineating what people should and shouldn't be banned for.

[–]jet199Instigatrix 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That's not how humans work in the real world at all. They don't just follow orders and do what they are told.

There has been a huge amount of entryism in the moderation industry from particular political groups to make sure they are the ones with their fingers on the button. Twitter in Ireland had to have a clear out of trans mods a couple of years ago after they were caught abusing their power, long before Elon was interested. But the rot in the US had gone too deep for it to make a difference. You can see how much was being done unofficially by the number of accounts which suddenly reappeared on twitter just when the take over was tabled. Those people banning large numbers of accounts knew their work was going to be checked and got busy setting it straight before they got caught. If it was just what they were told to do they wouldn't have bothered.