Musk's free speech absolutism goes for a toss. The social media site is now his fiefdom.
Musk's takeover of Twitter has seen many people leave the social media site and opt for Mastodon, a decentralized social media site, instead. Unlike Twitter, which is one website, Mastodon is made up of thousands of websites that talk to each other. New users sign up for one such website or server but are not limited to following people or posts on that server alone.The first two weeks post Musk's buyout saw more than a million people join Mastodon taking its total user count to 1.
My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety riskThursday's actions, though, were not limited to Mastodon and saw a host of journalists from prominent outlets such asMusk's tweet , the location of his car in Los Angeles, in which his daughter X was traveling, was shared and followed by a crazy stalker. Alleging that Sweeney and other organizations wanted to harm his family, Musk said that legal action was being initiated against them.refuted the claim that its journalist Donie O'Sullivan had shared Musk's live location. Instead, it said that O'Sullivan and reporters from other outlets had written about Twitter's treatment of Elonjet account.
Musk also ran a Twitter poll, asking his followers when the accounts should be reinstated, a demonstration that he has absolute authority over the platform.Later, he set up another poll where more than a million votes were cast to decide whether the accounts should be instantly reinstated or after a week.
Interestingly, amidst all this, users reported having difficulties sharing Mastodon links on Twitter, with the platform warning users that links could be "potentially harmful."
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