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There’s a distinct vibe shift away from some a public/communal/mutualist (whether you call it town square or football stadium) towards something like a very large royal court. Elon’s presence on here has gone from “World’s Second Largest Gadfly” to “Odin presiding over Valhalla”
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Probably a function of my corner of being tech heavy, but it already feels like being in the house of an oppressively enthusiastic and powerful host where I’m a guest. Not like a public space where I’m hanging out on my own terms. I’m now thinking like a guest.
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Though Musk is pleasanter and more interesting than Trump, there’s no denying he sucks the air out of any space he’s in, much like Trump. No amount of muting, blocking, unfollowing will neutralize the reality distortion field. Too much attention orients towards him.
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The looming political “neutrality” doesn’t bother me, since I can navigate it and still have fun (though I’m disappointed at his reductive view of twitter as a 1-d US political space) But the vibe neutrality is gone. There is now a privileged True North: vibe with Elon.
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Even giving him the benefit of doubt of best intentions, Elon exerts far too much highly opinionated social gravity to hold space for the not-Elon part of reality. Whatever the faults of previous management eras of twitter, they didn’t have this problem.
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You joined in 2021, have 29 followers and follow 720 people. You have 243 tweets. I glanced at them. Sorry dude, but you literally have less than zero idea how Twitter actually works, but a lot of strong opinions. Perhaps try using it in non-trivial ways for a while.
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Hey man — I come in peace! I genuinely don’t even get how you can feel like a guest to someone who claims to favor free speech— but you’re comfortable with shadowy, inconsistent banning from a secretive cabal/Twitter committee.