The amount of right-wing hate speech has ballooned enormously under Musk.
Because of the above, misinformation has also increased. Much of that is pushed from Musk directly.
Changing the meaning of the blue checkmark from “this person is who they say they are so you can trust what they say” to “this person is dumb enough to pay for a check.”
Because the right-wing bigots complained about other users avoiding and blocking them, Musk now forces the blue-checks to be more visible. He’s also looking into ways to remove blocking altogether.
His insistence on showing Matt Walsh’s propaganda film forced the head of content safety and moderation to quit after she removed the video and he reinstated it.
And that doesn’t count the things that don’t affect the public, like using the Trump method of not paying their bills such as their use of AWS or office leases.
The amount of right-wing hate speech has ballooned enormously under Musk.
Because of the above, misinformation has also increased. Much of that is pushed from Musk directly.
Changing the meaning of the blue checkmark from “this person is who they say they are so you can trust what they say” to “this person is dumb enough to pay for a check.”
Because the right-wing bigots complained about other users avoiding and blocking them, Musk now forces the blue-checks to be more visible. He’s also looking into ways to remove blocking altogether.
His insistence on showing Matt Walsh’s propaganda film forced the head of content safety and moderation to quit after she removed the video and he reinstated it.
And that doesn’t count the things that don’t affect the public, like using the Trump method of not paying their bills such as their use of AWS or office leases.
There’s also the outrageous API fees that reddit is copying.