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Has it? I’ve never actually engaged with twitter. I always thought it was an echo chamber. From the outside looking in though it seems like twitter is the same pre-Elon as post-Elon. The difference is just which views are the blessed ones.


I see people advocating all known political views. Pre Elon, any non progressive opinions were heavily weeded out by moderators.

Of course, most progressives have left now that they encounter opposing views (AKA "fascism"), so you could think of it as an echo chamber. But it's not forced to be one by the site.


> Pre Elon, any non progressive opinions were heavily weeded out by moderators.

This is 100% a lie. Open nazi advocating violence were suppressed, but back then there were people who claimed they are conservatives or right wing who were not nazi.

Funny enough, open communists advocating violence were suppressed too back then. In fact, left was policed more strictly then the right.




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