I have zero problem with Elon buying Twitter. He may even make some improvements. He will let a few of the people like Trump back on and get some applause from the right and then the world will move on. I don’t know that it was a great financial decision (esp considering the Twitter business model and the insane amount of debt he took on, much of it tied to his personal holdings) but it is his money and if he wants the risk, good for him.
But Here’s the problem for Elon or anyone who wants to run a social media site. If you let it truly be a free for all, it becomes a cesspool and people don’t want to go to it. If everything is allowed then it’s a race to the bottom and the shittiest content (and worst people) take over
If you moderate it, people will inevitably not agree with your decisions and it is hard to be consistent bc every situation is different.
So there is no real way to operate a “free speech forum” and make it appealable to the masses. Because the worst of people takes over. And once you police it, inevitably your own biases will take over
We tried for years to moderate the KSR comment section. It was nearly impossible and only led to problems. So we stopped. And now it’s unreadable. Multiply that by 100 million and you have