The argument is that by making Twitter a far right cesspool, Musk had made it more difficult for non-western dissidents to reach an international audience. Certainly arguable but not entirely wrong.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, with that headline I am not very inclined to read this.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Shame, maybe you should because while the argument is not causally linked, it's certainly something to suggest in the context of this. Especially in light of, as said in the video, the Musk-Drones are not exactly people who will provide a platform to someone like Wu. And losing Twitter as a platform is huge to her, and of course in turn this removes the audience that might have been protecting her.

Is it a bit of a stretch? Sure.
Is it entirely unpossible? Not at all, it actually sounds fairly reasonable even if it might just as well not be.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, if in this day and age you build your personal brand and business on a free to use commercial platform, you should calculate in the inherent risk that this will backfire on you. After all the incidents with different platforms causing issues for creators/influencers, I am not sure that is still worth the risk.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Oh definitely, and it's what I keep telling youtube personalities, too. Have an exit plan or a Plan B, you're entirely reliant on Google's auto-banning not getting too many bogus reports about you. Or if you need Twitter, on Musk and his Minion's political stance not targetting you specifically (which in Wu's case they do, of course).

[–] Thann@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

Elon sucks, but its not his fault that China disappears dissidents

[–] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the first 2/3rds of the article covering Naomi Wu was worth a read, but that last 1/3rd....... I get her argument, but she should have left that out to focus just on Naomi.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

This is something that Naomi had even talked about previously, how Western media only cared about the experience of people living in China when it could suit their narrative, and didn't want anything to do with them when it didn't.