Quote Originally Posted by Ath192 View Post
Huh, this is patently false. We know X broke the mold when it was acquired. If it had been part of the bandwagon it would’ve kept suppressing right leaning voices just like everyone else was doing back then.

The fact Facebook realized their moderation teams were too politically biased was a self reflection they came to recently but might fit your argument better than X, as it is shifting with the politics.

And while do not think blue sky is big enough to be relevant, it also is providing its own bias and could provide some balance, particularly if it was bigger. I just wouldn’t find it necessary to market my business there personally right now.
Well that is not entirely true, Parler released in 2018 and broke the mold way earlier and ended up being a right wing platform. Gettr also tried to do that in 2021 and was right wing. Truth Social also came out in feburary 2022 which was Trump's platform, many months before Musk acquired twitter in the october of 2022. Which those created a chain reaction with Facebook and Xitter.

The reason Gettr and Parler didn't catch on is the users realized they weren't getting their fix of being able to argue/harass their opponents on the left like what Xitter provided. And Truth Social is Trump's so that is why it has it's userbase of right wing.

One of the common trends, pitfalls really, with right wing only social media platforms is they tend to devolve into cesspools. That the creators of those platforms claim about being unbiased and promoting free speech, but it devolves into frankly some of the worst stuff you can read or watch, and that is what is happening with Xitter in real time.

Like just as one example, BMW. A german car company has decided it is going to stop using the Xitter account they have for marketing and updates and only for customer support. But they will do marketing and updates still for Instagram and Facebook.

Why did that happen? Well very likely because of Elon Musk's stunt less than 48 hours after inauguration day that germans are not fond of. But rather than go over what he did, I want to illustrate that aspect with Elon and BMW. Because Elon has a long history with straining the relationship with companies that want to use Xitter for advertising, and that in turn Xitter has been losing money at an alarming rate in the 2 years since Elon obtained it. In fact there is clips online about how Elon Musk doesn't believe he needs advertising money for his platform.

An average user is one thing, but companies not wanting to do business on certain social media platforms? That is another matter and thing to consider when one chooses to distance itself from a platform.