We now understand the inherent value of a social media platform. We have yet to figure out how to build a space that doesn’t hand control over to a private entity that only has profit in mind.
Sorry, we can’t yet place the blame solely on the billionaires who own the platforms. We have to create safe heavens away from moneyed interests than protect and maintain them.
Authoritarian due to intrinsic insecurities always cut heads that rise a little bit above
It’s interesting to think that if Wu had more love in the West that the Chinese authorities would have been more slow to crackdown on her…
I think we all remember back in 2017 or so when the Hong Kong protests were at the forefront of everyone’s mind and, still, the crackdown continued, and the resistance was crushed.
And what has China’s response to the popularity of the Ukraine war been? To question its generally positive relations with Russia? No, not at all. China shores up its own front against Taiwan and its trade with Russia is growing exponentially. BRICS gets stronger.
China will not bow to popular Western opinion no matter what. Blaming Musk for this is pretty asinine.
Iirc MakerMuse mentioned her disappearance in a video quite a while ago. I don’t understand the article well, has she resurfaced silenced or is she still missing?
Wasn’t a great fan of Naomi’s outfits but she made great videos. With the Amber B1 robot arm she was the only one calling out the kickstarter company was a bit sketchy and not just blind advertising it.
- I agree Naomi Wu is a force for good
- Elon Musk sucks
- This article does not actually establish any meaningful blame for Elon Musk in Naomi Wu’s plight.
Sorry, yes Elon Musk is the reason Twitter is shitting itself to death, but that doesn’t make Elon the main person responsible for Naomi’s problems. It’s probably not even top 10. It’s weird to call him out in this.
If you can’t understand the article: musk is blamed for making twitter shit and abandoned. Wu was on twitter, and she said it was a platform where she could be seen and supported, and this audience was protecting her, because a famous person would not disappear without it making noise.
It is an indirect responsibility, but a big one nonetheless.
It’s Lemmy, the sentence “and why I blame Elon Musk” is basically the unspoken rule of everything.
Now don’t get me wrong, he’s a POS businessman just trying to manipulate the market into a profit for himself, but if there’s no reasonable way to blame him for something and it seems like you’re just going “thanks Obama!” It’s getting old.
Skepchick.org is Lemmy now?
