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goobster  ·  687 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter's permanent Trump ban

Fuckin' Musk... he's such a simpleton... he gets to his solutions the right way, and then stops without thinking them through to their obviously terrible conclusion. He's the ultimate techbro, who thinks that a simple tech hack can fix anything, but fails to account for either the humans that will use the tool or bugs written by the myopic humans writing the tool.

"Nobody's speech should be curtailed. So I'd reverse the Trump ban."

"But if someone misbehaves and spreads lies or information destructive to society, then they should be limited. Or their tweet should be submarined by the algorithm."

The fact that a techbro can't see the elementary problem here, is just ... well, typical. They are so excited to make/own a thing, they fail to see that thing as existing in a real world, touched by real world idiots and technologists with destructive urges.

Fuckin' Musk.

shakes head sadly and walks away...