As an outsider looking at Twitter I think they're fooling themselves if they think the problem is lack of free speech.
When I click a Twitter link what I usually see are:
- bots and spam
- low quality replies that add nothing (usually from bimbos or 3rd worlders trying to get the attention of a celebrity)
- shallow one liners to an idea that people don't like
As much as upvotes were made fun of, I think Reddit had the right idea because at least the upvoted posts were almost guaranteed to be of "readable" quality. And if you wanted to, you could easily sort the thread by most controversial and read the unpopular opinion.
Now Reddit is a website where free speech is actually lacking with shadow bans and slightly controversial posts getting removed.
When I click a Twitter link what I usually see are: - bots and spam - low quality replies that add nothing (usually from bimbos or 3rd worlders trying to get the attention of a celebrity) - shallow one liners to an idea that people don't like
As much as upvotes were made fun of, I think Reddit had the right idea because at least the upvoted posts were almost guaranteed to be of "readable" quality. And if you wanted to, you could easily sort the thread by most controversial and read the unpopular opinion.
Now Reddit is a website where free speech is actually lacking with shadow bans and slightly controversial posts getting removed.