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Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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539 points donohoe | 2 comments | 09 Jul 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.499s | source
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Hoasi ◴[09 Jul 25 15:21 UTC] 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 ◴[09 Jul 25 16:46 UTC] 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 ◴[09 Jul 25 16:57 UTC] No.44512318[source]▶
Legitimately can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. Saved free speech??
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gorwell ◴[09 Jul 25 17:17 UTC] 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 ◴[09 Jul 25 17:46 UTC] No.44512889[source]▶
X censors journalists and media handles regularly in India
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2. numpad0 ◴[10 Jul 25 02:50 UTC] 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.