Whoah whoah whoa. I don't care for Elon, but let's be intentional about using "far-right". [Caveat: Assume USA left and right parties are discussed] If we keep throwing that around when we mean right leaning or politically right views then anyone on the right is going to be "far-right" and we're never going to work together. I think that the other comments to you are to point out where Elon has fascist or Nazism beliefs. Maybe use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics as a start?
Elon is far-right. I meant what I said and I said what I meant. I'm very familiar with far-right ideology. No need to link to Wikipedia
>If we keep throwing that around when we mean right leaning or politically right views then anyone on the right is going to be "far-right
The GOP is a far-right political party. They are fundamentally anti-democracy.
>and we're never going to work together.
We aren't going to work together regardless because the far-right GOP doesn't want the same things as most Americans. They are a political minority that can wreak havoc on the country due to poorly thought electoral systems.
>I think that the other comments to you are to point out where Elon has fascist or Nazism beliefs.
There is more to the far-right than having Nazism beliefs. American far-right is Christian Fascist. Elon Musk is a fascist a la Henry Ford.
He provides vocal and material support to fascist and far-right causes such as vaccine conspiracies and transphobia. He's anti-labor, anti-safety regulations.
I'm guessing you're one of those folks who want to pretend he's not far-right until he openly wears a swastika.
> In five words, Musk manages to mock transgender and nonbinary people, signal his disdain for public-health officials, and send up a flare to far-right shitposters and trolls.
Heh. I have a disdain for throwing shade and hyperbole, am I also far right cmh89? :)
>Heh. I have a disdain for throwing shade and hyperbole, am I also far right cmh89? :)
I don't know. How often do you pal around with far-right people and help spread their rhetoric? That would be a good indicator. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, its probably a duck.
Likewise, Musk has adopted far-right talking points, wants far-right approval, and supports far-right causes. He's probably a duck huh
> Anyone can post anything, but Musk can and has systemically prioritized his tweets over organic content.
I'd be interested in any sort of proof.
> Musk is very vocal about his far-right views. He's anti-union, anti-public health, etc.
Please show specific examples of his far-right views, so I can understand what specifically you mean by that term other than things you personally find disagreeable.
The question was to understand how Elon has far-right views (e.g. Nazism). What you provided is an article that shows Elon as narcissistic. I wouldn't call that the same.
This is such a classic "just asking questions" move. You could save a lot of time in your day if you concern trolled a little less.
In any case, you sure did a lot of creative reading to avoid reading this sentence:
The algorithm now artificially boosted Musk’s tweets by a factor of 1,000 – a constant score that ensured his tweets rank higher than anyone else’s in the feed.
But that doesn't matter, does it? You're just going to construct something out of precision-selected tidbits anyway as a rebuttal. Really, I think that if you have something to say, you should just say it out loud from the outset instead of leading people around by the nose and wasting everyone's time.
> This is such a classic "just asking questions" move. You could save a lot of time in your day if you concern trolled a little less.
If only I would go along with mindless gossip without asking questions.
The artificial boosts applied to his account remain in place, although the factor is now lower than 1,000, we’re told.
Alas.
Nevermind breathless verge articles the dude was literally tweeting about all of this as they were tinkering.
> Really, I think that if you have something to say, you should just say it out loud from the outset instead of leading people around by the nose and wasting everyone's time.
It is very obvious to me and most here that some people hate Musk now so much they are willing to do exactly what you accused me of - construct something out of precision-selected tidbits - and throw shade that he is some far-right type. To certain people anybody they don't like is "far right" and <insert bad term here>.
This is very lame behavior. Cancel culture is canceled my friend. The ends do not justify the means.
>Stands to reason that 90 percent of followers should see tweets for a person they chose to follow..
It's difficult to take this kind of response in good faith. You asked for any proof and the article puts it pretty directly that he pressed for changes to systematically prioritize his own tweets (including to non-followers) and then do a strawman argument against one statement to dismiss the whole thing.
Seems like a reading comprehension issue. Difficult as it may be, try to re-read in good faith with your programmer hat on.
To me the key part of the article is this bit:
> he seemed to suggest that the changes would be walked back, at least in part. “Please stay tuned while we make adjustments to the uh .… “algorithm,” he tweeted.
> Absurd as Musk’s antics are, they do highlight a tension familiar to almost anyone who has ever used a social network: why are some posts more popular than others? Why am I seeing this thing, and not that one?
I actually saw this unfold in real time as he was tweeting about all of this in the open as it was happening (not just the milk meme) -- a lot of people tweeted at him that the algorithm was b0rked and he was replying and saying they were tinkering until they arrived at a place where, according to the very article, 90 percent of his and other peoples followers actually started seeing tweets from people they followed. This simply makes sense, no?
I don't see a smoking gun where he over prioritized his own tweets maliciously. They even deboosted his magic number as part of the cowboy debugging session.
Recall the original claim I was replying to is:
> It is a megaphone to amplify his own voice and the voices that support his viewpoints.
I just don't buy this narrative, forgive my skepticism. You can go look at his reply timeline and see for yourself and draw your own conclusions no need for the verge editorializing.
I understand some people view him as a malicious actor but going out of your way to ascribe the least charitable interpretation to everything is just not convincing to people who aren't invested in the politics. You're even directing this attitude towards me for not automatically agreeing with this viewpoint.
>Musk is very vocal about his far-right views. He's anti-union, anti-public health, etc.
When any amount of right wing is far right, it just show how far left your perspective is. And if you think far right is in any way worse than far left, that's just more evidence of the same. They're the same people, just with opposite causes.
The far right as grown MUCH crazier over the last 30 years than the far left, mainly thanks to dedicated propaganda outlets like Fox News brainwashing people.
Musk is very vocal about his far-right views. He's anti-union, anti-public health, etc.
>how are they amplified considering anybody can post anything?
Anyone can post anything, but Musk can and has systemically prioritized his tweets over organic content.