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Hoasi ◴[] No.44511157[source]
X has been nothing short of an exercise in brand destruction. However, despite all the drama, it still stands, it still exists, and it remains relevant.
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gorwell ◴[] No.44512184[source]
X is still ground zero for news, and it saved free speech. In the fullness of time and distance it will be viewed by historians as one of the most important events in history.
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baseballdork ◴[] No.44512318[source]
Legitimately can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. Saved free speech??
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gorwell ◴[] No.44512580[source]
Yes, it did. Every large platform including Twitter was censoring its users due to state pressure. Even Facebook has since admitted that they were told to censor information that was true, and they knew to be true.
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1. navigate8310 ◴[] No.44512889[source]
X censors journalists and media handles regularly in India
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2. numpad0 ◴[] No.44516729[source]
They don't just censor, they limit organic influences. Your content won't get displayed more than n times, so you can't get more popular than n views, unless the system selects you as today's lottery winner, in which case it will be (reported as)viewed trillion times.

The only defense against this is the fact that Twitter users know system too well for this to be not immediately obvious.