Charlie Warzel
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It sure does on X.com. But, I mean, going to that, and then also, I get this sense, and I, you know, the reporter in me, like, I can't really, like, prove it. But I think that these guys, like, when I saw all the announcements, you know, the glib part of me is like, Zuckerberg just wants people to be able to say the word retarded, which everyone uses on X now. It's like, oh, free speech is back.
It sure does on X.com. But, I mean, going to that, and then also, I get this sense, and I, you know, the reporter in me, like, I can't really, like, prove it. But I think that these guys, like, when I saw all the announcements, you know, the glib part of me is like, Zuckerberg just wants people to be able to say the word retarded, which everyone uses on X now. It's like, oh, free speech is back.
It sure does on X.com. But, I mean, going to that, and then also, I get this sense, and I, you know, the reporter in me, like, I can't really, like, prove it. But I think that these guys, like, when I saw all the announcements, you know, the glib part of me is like, Zuckerberg just wants people to be able to say the word retarded, which everyone uses on X now. It's like, oh, free speech is back.
We can say things that we used to say in the 90s that we would have gotten canceled for. I feel like those are the waters that these guys are swimming in all the time. They're just having this very weird edgelordian discourse all the time. And I think he sees that. on a place like X and sees that there is kind of like a charge to it, right?
We can say things that we used to say in the 90s that we would have gotten canceled for. I feel like those are the waters that these guys are swimming in all the time. They're just having this very weird edgelordian discourse all the time. And I think he sees that. on a place like X and sees that there is kind of like a charge to it, right?
We can say things that we used to say in the 90s that we would have gotten canceled for. I feel like those are the waters that these guys are swimming in all the time. They're just having this very weird edgelordian discourse all the time. And I think he sees that. on a place like X and sees that there is kind of like a charge to it, right?
That there's all these people who are really excited about being able to speak a certain way and triggering a certain type of lib and, you know, whatever. And I think it's like, he's feeling left out by the sort of I would never describe Elon Musk as cool, but there's like a, in that world, a sort of, you know, like renegade nature to the way that he's running his platform.
That there's all these people who are really excited about being able to speak a certain way and triggering a certain type of lib and, you know, whatever. And I think it's like, he's feeling left out by the sort of I would never describe Elon Musk as cool, but there's like a, in that world, a sort of, you know, like renegade nature to the way that he's running his platform.
That there's all these people who are really excited about being able to speak a certain way and triggering a certain type of lib and, you know, whatever. And I think it's like, he's feeling left out by the sort of I would never describe Elon Musk as cool, but there's like a, in that world, a sort of, you know, like renegade nature to the way that he's running his platform.
And I think that Zuckerberg is frankly just like, he wants that.
And I think that Zuckerberg is frankly just like, he wants that.
And I think that Zuckerberg is frankly just like, he wants that.
taken control of the entire narrative about online censorship i agree with you on on that the one point of pushback i will have is i think as always like instagram is the thing that's going to get like forgotten in all of this and i and i do think yeah the changes if we feel them at all right like and this is the thing with all meta facebook whatever changes is like
taken control of the entire narrative about online censorship i agree with you on on that the one point of pushback i will have is i think as always like instagram is the thing that's going to get like forgotten in all of this and i and i do think yeah the changes if we feel them at all right like and this is the thing with all meta facebook whatever changes is like
taken control of the entire narrative about online censorship i agree with you on on that the one point of pushback i will have is i think as always like instagram is the thing that's going to get like forgotten in all of this and i and i do think yeah the changes if we feel them at all right like and this is the thing with all meta facebook whatever changes is like
They can be subtle and they can make a big deal out of them because they're subtle and your experience will barely change. Or they could be wild, right? And all of a sudden, every meta product is going to look like X or 4chan or whatever. We don't know, but I do think... especially like the inclusion of like, you know, not filtering out any politics stuff.
They can be subtle and they can make a big deal out of them because they're subtle and your experience will barely change. Or they could be wild, right? And all of a sudden, every meta product is going to look like X or 4chan or whatever. We don't know, but I do think... especially like the inclusion of like, you know, not filtering out any politics stuff.
They can be subtle and they can make a big deal out of them because they're subtle and your experience will barely change. Or they could be wild, right? And all of a sudden, every meta product is going to look like X or 4chan or whatever. We don't know, but I do think... especially like the inclusion of like, you know, not filtering out any politics stuff.
And by filtering, what Facebook means is like Facebook was still showing people politics stuff across all the channels. If you showed interest in it, it was just making sure not to show it. If you hadn't showed interest.
And by filtering, what Facebook means is like Facebook was still showing people politics stuff across all the channels. If you showed interest in it, it was just making sure not to show it. If you hadn't showed interest.