nickmartin

nickmartin, 9 months ago to random

Twitter owner Elon Musk just blamed the ADL, a Jewish advocacy organization, for the explosion of antisemitism on his platform.

Blaming Jewish people or groups for the hatred of Jewish people is the same perverted logic found in Hitler's "Mein Kampf."

Musk is the world's richest person and his companies are paid billions by the US government.

He posted the message in conversation with Keith Woods, an Irish neo-Nazi whose account Musk reinstated in April a few months after buying Twitter.

nickmartin, 11 months ago to random

If you're a journalist and still active on Twitter, you're helping prop up a company that hates you and everything you do. Continuing to give your time and effort to Elon Musk is a self-inflicted wound that won't stop bleeding until you tend to it. Many of your readers have already exited. You should too.

nickmartin, 11 months ago to random

Instagram's boss says Threads isn't really interested in being a home for politics or news. That alone is an extreme political position. Everything is politics, after all. Nothing is neutral.

Screenshot of a Threads post by @mosseri from five hours ago that reads: "Politics and hard news are important, I don't want to imply otherwise. But my take is, from a platform's perspective, any incremental engagement or revenue they might drive is not at all worth the scrutiny, negativity (let's be honest), or integrity risks that come along with them. There are more than enough amazing communities sports, music, fashion, beauty, entertainment, etc - to make a vibrant platform without needing to get into politics or hard news." The post has 1,253 replies and 1,085 likes.