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"Elon Musk Believes Twitter Algorithm Should Be Open-Source" (news.itsfoss.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been a long-time Elon skeptic. But if he does this, I'm open to being an Elon fan.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The guy might be a radical libertarian, rich ghoul who got his wealth on the back of apartheid, tried to ruin a genuine heroe's life by calling them a paedophile and may or may not be responsible for a couple of coups in countries ravaged by imperialism, but if he does the open source with the Twitter he's literally the best person of all time!!!!1 /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Don't stop bad people from doing the right thing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Sometimes I think it's worth asking ourselves why a bad person is claiming they want to do a good thing, instead of getting fixated on their statement about wanting to do a good thing. Musk didn't make this statement because he genuinely believes is, he's asking the question because he knows this sort of thing improves his PR.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 years ago

this

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He's not a good person. But Elon Musk is a wrecking ball, going through the system and demolishing it. If he buys Twitter and open sources it, then the world will be a slightly better place.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's not gonna happen though

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Even the panic this offer caused among blue ticks is worth it :) I'm enjoying the Schadenfreude.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Elon Musk is going through the system and demolishing it?

Give me a break. The guy is going with the system and embracing it. I swear, sometimes the stuff people say about Musk is just so absurd...