Free Speech isn't Free
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Paid Speech on X
I absolutely 100% agree with Elon Musk on X where they've just taken away creator payouts from a whole bunch of accounts. My belief is that the accounts loosing access to
🔴 game the system;
🔴 spread obvious hateful lies (corrected much more than normal by Community Notes);
🔴 run bot armies.
However (and this appears to be a technical limmitation of X behind the scenes): if you can generate real organic people paying you directly, that should be your own business with speech within the law.
It appears that X doesn't have the systems which can separate these two payout systems.
My Payouts
I don't get much from the X system but I get a 10's of USD every couple of weeks. It's certainly not a big deal but it does mean that Premium pays for itself.
Hateful anti-Israel and anti-Jewish accounts
Every one of these particular accounts complaining about being de-monetized is anti Jewish and anti Israel.
I believe these accounts were repeatedly posting anti Jew and anti Israel propaganda in a concerted and coordinated fashion. It's quite possible they receive compensation outside of for these posts.
Anti Israel propaganda is fundamentally anti American and anti West
Decreased reach
Along with de-monetization comes decreased reach. Oh well, bad luck. I've been there with a ban for a year and perma-bans from Facebook, demonetization on YouTube all of it.
The only real truth is that nobody owns their accounts on X. You're always at the whim of the Dictator and owners of any platform.
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Maybe Elon Musk doesn't know what he's really doing. He once liked an anti-Semitic tweet. Then he went to Israel to prove that he's not an anti-Semite.
What matters to Musk is increasing interest in his products, becoming more known, and earning more. I don't think some values are important to him. He may be worried that if he bans radical groups in X, interaction will decrease.
Musk has an agenda and I don't trust him to do good. Fighting hate speech online is hard for anyone and some thrive on the chaos. The world needs less conflict.
Peace and love.
I prefer Hive over X a lot! Much more real Community and appreciation. I also Love how global the ecosystem is.
Happy new year, Brian and all the Best for 2025! 🙌🏻🥂🎉
Greetings from Germany
Thomas
https://x.com/lee19389/status/1874432223988023688
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“It is abhorrent that the AfD party, a disgraceful reactionary movement which recalls the worst of Germany’s past and should be outlawed, now has the ability within the German parliament to promote its vile platform,” said World Jewish Congress president Ron Lauder.
Source
“The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the last spark of hope for this country,” Musk wrote in his translated commentary.
Source
Honestly, it might just be a coincidence those accounts were antisemitic along with whatever reason they were demonetized. If I remember correctly Elon has boosted antisemitic in the past.
This is a big change from the "twitter" days when they payed nothing out!
When corporations meld with government we call it fascism.
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