Special Episode Twitter 2.0 - Free Speech vs Hate Speech & The Future of Social Media (Part 2)

Nov 23, 2022

This week on The Creator Feed, we talk through some of the massive missteps at Twitter 2.0, the changing company culture, and ideas to help repair relationships with advertisers, employees, and consumers. Plus we dive into free speech vs hate speech. Finally, we talk about the future of social media and its impact on our society. 

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Links: 

Twitter Blue: 

• https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/Twitter-Pauses-New-Checkmark-System-Possible-Bankruptcy/636405/

Contractor Layoffs: 

• https://www.axios.com/2022/11/13/elon-musk-twitter-contractor-layoffs

Long Work Hours: 

• https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63648505

FTC FIne: 

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2022/05/26/twitter-agreed-to-pay-150-million-in-fineswas-it-enough/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63648505

Paying Video Creators:

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/11/12/elon-musk-claims-hell-pay-twitter-video-creators-10-more-than-youtube/?sh=7142929b165a

New CEO: 

• https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-says-he-expects-reduce-his-time-twitter-court-testimony-2022-11-16/

Impersonators Suspended from Twitter: 

• Ethan Klein
• Kathy Griffin

Increase in Hate Speech & Content Moderation Council: 

• https://twitter.com/ncri_io/status/1586007698910646272
• https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/28/elon-musk-twitter-trump-content-moderation-council/
• https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/10/tech/elon-musk-twitter-trump-ban/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2022-05-10T18%3A08%3A05&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_term=link
• https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/08/why-twitter-banned-president-trump/
• https://counterhate.com/blog/fact-check-musks-claim-about-a-fall-in-hate-speech-doesnt-stand-up-to-scrutiny/

Ideas for Twitter: 

• https://bigtechnology.substack.com/p/now-pay-8-evaluating-elon-musks-early
• https://tanay.substack.com/p/understanding-the-twitter-acquisition
• https://www.protocol.com/fintech/elon-musk-x-com-twitter
• https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-only-trusts-elon

Future of Social Media: 

• https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/11/twitter-facebook-social-media-decline/672074/
• https://bradberens.substack.com/p/the-end-of-cheap-scale
• https://therebooting.substack.com/p/delusions-of-grandeur