Really shouldn't be a surprise. The hype about Musk freeing the bird, free speech was always unwarranted. But clever marketing. Truth in advertising would've said "free-er speech." Not to be confused with "free speech." Because all he ever promised was freedom of speech, not freedom of reach. Which many hopeful returnees to Twitter, who had fled it due to censorship are enduring what you are. Bait and Switch.
If Twitter hadn't become "free-er speech" and remained as censorious totalitarian as it had been under Dorsey imagine if all those users like you had found another platform dedicated to true Freedom of Speech AND Reach? The false and deceptive marketing of "free-er speech" as "free speech stemmed the loss of users and content and even attracted people back (like you). Which was the objective. Imagine if Truth, Gettr, Gab, Telegram, etc had been the beneficiaries of the Twitter/X flight if they had understood that Twitter/X would still shadow-ban them, demonitize, reduce their visibility?
"It's free speech within the context of the law. So it's not - I'm definitely not suggesting that we flout the law cause we'll get shut down if that's the case. And I think there's also there's freedom of speech or freedom of reach." "So I think that people should be allowed to say pretty outrageous things that are within the bounds of the law, but then...(it) doesn't get amplified, it doesn't get a ton of reach."
Musk declared this when he first acquired Twitter:
Really shouldn't be a surprise. The hype about Musk freeing the bird, free speech was always unwarranted. But clever marketing. Truth in advertising would've said "free-er speech." Not to be confused with "free speech." Because all he ever promised was freedom of speech, not freedom of reach. Which many hopeful returnees to Twitter, who had fled it due to censorship are enduring what you are. Bait and Switch.
If Twitter hadn't become "free-er speech" and remained as censorious totalitarian as it had been under Dorsey imagine if all those users like you had found another platform dedicated to true Freedom of Speech AND Reach? The false and deceptive marketing of "free-er speech" as "free speech stemmed the loss of users and content and even attracted people back (like you). Which was the objective. Imagine if Truth, Gettr, Gab, Telegram, etc had been the beneficiaries of the Twitter/X flight if they had understood that Twitter/X would still shadow-ban them, demonitize, reduce their visibility?
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/86931/elon-musk-explains-what-freedom-of-speech-will-look-like-on-twitter/index.html
Elon Musk, July 27, 2022:
"It's free speech within the context of the law. So it's not - I'm definitely not suggesting that we flout the law cause we'll get shut down if that's the case. And I think there's also there's freedom of speech or freedom of reach." "So I think that people should be allowed to say pretty outrageous things that are within the bounds of the law, but then...(it) doesn't get amplified, it doesn't get a ton of reach."
Musk declared this when he first acquired Twitter:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1593673339826212864
"Elon Musk
@elonmusk
New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.
Negative/hate tweets will be max deboosted & demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter.
You won’t find the tweet unless you specifically seek it out, which is no different from rest of Internet.
1:31 PM · Nov 18, 2022"
Twitter's (X) Official policy:
Freedom of Speech, Not Reach: An update on our enforcement philosophy
April 17, 2023
https://blog.x.com/en_us/topics/product/2023/freedom-of-speech-not-reach-an-update-on-our-enforcement-philosophy
Musk boasting about his reduction in :Hate Speech Impressions" ("hate" as defined by????)"
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1595630109116989440
Musk and his censorious CEO Yaccarino:
https://chiefmarketer.com/twitters-musk-touts-new-freedom-of-speech-not-freedom-of-reach-moderation-policy/