From the “this is a very cynical move” department comes this move to make “likes” private on Twitter and outright remove likes tab from profiles. This was confirmed in this Tweet:
Haofei Wang is director of engineering over at Twitter. At least until Elon decides to fire him on a whim. In any case, since he is in a position to know, this move can be taken as fact. The question is why is this happening. From where I sit, this means that Twitter which under Elon has become a cesspool of hate and other evil things has less accountability than it did before this move. Now with this move, the hate mongers, racists, and conspiracy theorists among others can fly under the radar without fear of being called out for liking a Tweet that is vile and unacceptable in a civil society. Which is likely what Elon wants seeing as he’s all for those sorts of people. The other side effect is that it will make it harder for brands to avoid having their ads next to content that they don’t like. I’m sure that that part will be marketed by Elon as “See there’s no issues here. Come back and advertise.” Which to be clear, no brand should be advertising on Twitter. And this move underscores why that’s the case.
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Elon Musk Has Decided To Make “Likes” Private On Twitter And Remove Likes Tab From Profiles
From the “this is a very cynical move” department comes this move to make “likes” private on Twitter and outright remove likes tab from profiles. This was confirmed in this Tweet:
Haofei Wang is director of engineering over at Twitter. At least until Elon decides to fire him on a whim. In any case, since he is in a position to know, this move can be taken as fact. The question is why is this happening. From where I sit, this means that Twitter which under Elon has become a cesspool of hate and other evil things has less accountability than it did before this move. Now with this move, the hate mongers, racists, and conspiracy theorists among others can fly under the radar without fear of being called out for liking a Tweet that is vile and unacceptable in a civil society. Which is likely what Elon wants seeing as he’s all for those sorts of people. The other side effect is that it will make it harder for brands to avoid having their ads next to content that they don’t like. I’m sure that that part will be marketed by Elon as “See there’s no issues here. Come back and advertise.” Which to be clear, no brand should be advertising on Twitter. And this move underscores why that’s the case.
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