March 26, 2022
Musk Poll on Twitter
Lance Sjogren
Tim ads:
The problem is too many alternatives and you will not have one move into ascendancy that eclipses Twitter. The competitors will knock each-other out and leave Twitter the last man standing. We've seen that happen repeatedly in industry in the past.
I'd like to see Musk buy up the competing platforms and consolidate them into a real, sound alternative.
I know; usually more is good in business. But in this case I think we need one good, strong one. It is, after all, going against a de-facto monopoly. There is a reason why laws against Trusts were created in the first place; at some point it becomes impossible to challenge such an entitty.
Twitter, Google, and Facebook are the unholy trinity of evil. And how do you challenge their tripartite hegemony?
Now it's like shooting bb guns at an invading army.
Elon Musk took a poll.
Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy.
Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?
Yes
30.2%
No
69.8%
Internet polls by nature are much less reliable than (properly conducted) traditional polls, but with over 1.5 million votes, this poll should not be taken lightly.
Musk may be thinking about creating a free speech alternative to twitter. I believe gettr already is such an alternative, but in my view, the more social media alternatives there are to those run by authoritarian oligarchs, the better.
The problem is too many alternatives and you will not have one move into ascendancy that eclipses Twitter. The competitors will knock each-other out and leave Twitter the last man standing. We've seen that happen repeatedly in industry in the past.
I'd like to see Musk buy up the competing platforms and consolidate them into a real, sound alternative.
I know; usually more is good in business. But in this case I think we need one good, strong one. It is, after all, going against a de-facto monopoly. There is a reason why laws against Trusts were created in the first place; at some point it becomes impossible to challenge such an entitty.
Twitter, Google, and Facebook are the unholy trinity of evil. And how do you challenge their tripartite hegemony?
Now it's like shooting bb guns at an invading army.
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