alt Hacker News> Of course they're ideological. That's the whole point
Yes, but their ideology _was_ free-speech absolutism. This move, and this statement, suggests that they're moving away from that ideology to one of selectively free speech.
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mcintyre1994 • yesterday at 10:59 PM
They’re not trying to stop anyone else being on X or saying anything there or anywhere else.
madeofpalk • yesterday at 9:09 PM
So because EFF does not post their news in my small Australian home town newspaper they're not free-speech absolutists?
rbtprograms • yesterday at 10:03 PM
what are you even talking about? they arent suppressing free speech, they are leaving a platform. this might be the most bot-like response ive ever seen, if youre not a bot then go outside, read a book, just log off my goodness.
basisword • yesterday at 8:58 PM
Please explain. How does this suggest they no longer value free speech?
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Being a free speech absolutionist DOES NOT mean plastering your speech everywhere, including Twitter. Those are clearly two different concepts.
Also, literally nothing about this says anything about other people's speech. Them deciding not to use twitter doesn't mean you can't, obviously.
I feel like everyone is losing the plot a bit. Are we understanding the words we're saying before we choose to say them?