Subj : twitter/x
To   : MRO
From : Mindsurfer
Date : Tue Aug 19 2025 11:05:00

  Re: twitter/x
  By: MRO to Kirkman on Mon Aug 18 2025 20:35:21

 MR> Re: twitter/x
 MR> By: Kirkman to Retroswim on Mon Aug 18 2025 03:27 pm

 >> I used Twitter from the beginning, and I lament the cesspool it has become.
 >> I still have an account there, but very seldom post anything now.

 MR> you don't like it because it's not a liberal echo chamber now.

I think that's how it is too. Now that more or less everyone can express their opinion on X on an equal footing, those who used to benefit from the suppression of other opinions don't like it.

I'm not going along with that. I am grateful that Elon has liberated Twitter, and I don't need dozens of other 'alternatives' that aren't really alternatives, but just places where offended people can enjoy their echo chambers all by themselves.

Why not have an equal debate? Why not allow both opinions and worldviews? I thought that's what makes democracies so wonderful and leads to the better arguments winning?

Mindsurfer

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