JoAnn Tankersley @JoAnnMom2

raised to pay it forward ✋life long Democrat 🌊 Remember, What goes around, Comes around. #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy #WomansRights #BanAssaultWeapons California, USA Joined December 2011

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P.S. The single best, most perceptive commentary I’ve ever read that perfectly *nails* all of the psychological angst and resentment at the heart of Musk’s purchase — and in the hearts of his fanboys — is below. @AmandaMarcotte, in Salon: salon.com/2022/11/04/elo…

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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23/ Finally, if you want to support democracy and public confidence in elections, please consider making a donation to the nonpartisan nonprofit 501(c)(3) @OSET Institute, where I serve on the Board of Directors. osetinstitute.org Twitter is dead. Long live Twitter. /END

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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22/ I continue to participate in the ongoing public dialogue about democracy, elections, voting, tech, security and information integrity. I’m now at: linkedIn.com/in/eddie1perez Contact me for professional opportunities. Also: eddie1perez.bsky.social [email protected]

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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21/ I can also say w/ confidence that my fellow Tweeps were some of the smartest, most thoughtful, earnest, and humane professional colleagues that I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. 🫡 And there is a silver lining: Many have carried those qualities to new employers.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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20/ I cannot sign off without also feeling sadness for the company that Twitter used to be, and which Musk destroyed. The bird was not “freed” — Musk killed it. History will show this to be true. I see no way this empty husk of a once-great platform for news will survive.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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19/ If Musk were to edit George Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” he might say: “All voices are equal, but some voices are more equal than others.”

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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18/ Musk has clearly signaled whose messages he believes deserve his personal support and amplification: -Right-wing stooges for Putin; -Antisemites spouting “replacement theory;” -Racists who question Black professional skills; -Anti-LGBTQ trolls The list goes on.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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17/ This isn’t a story about “free speech” v. “censorship.” It’s a story about who gets to wield the power of speech — & a cautionary tale of how massive private wealth enables an immature man[child] to selectively elevate those who reject democracy’s bedrock value: Equality.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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16/ It would be bad enough if Musk’s immaturity and lack of self-control simply made him an insufferable asshole. But Musk is an insufferable asshole with a global media platform that he has re-made in furtherance of pernicious values. That’s why I cannot be here any longer.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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15/ Like Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch, and too many other wealthy & powerful men, Elon Musk is a toxic mix of narcissism, insecurity, sexism, and a particularly cruel form of unkindness that seems especially gleeful about punching down on those with less power.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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14/ Furthermore, ownership of a platform like this cannot be online therapy and acting-out to soothe the grievances of insecure, immature, thin-skinned billionaires (yes, note the plural) who desperately want & need to be liked (because they are psychologically damaged).

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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13/ A wiser person would understand that… - a global platform like this cannot deepen and reify the worst excesses and inequalities of capitalism, privilege, and power; - nor carry water for bad actors; - nor incentivize and monetize the ugliest, most cruel human behaviors.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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12/ Musk utterly failed to understand that Twitter’s hardest challenges are not about more revenue & fewer rules. They are *human* challenges, about power, speech, competition, fairness, diversity, wealth, poverty, war, peace, safety, inclusion, equity, and privacy.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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11/ Musk is a textbook example of the schmucks who believe that any problem can be solved with more tech, lower costs, more automation, better code, more “hardcore” engineers & the right investors — as if Twitter’s challenges are simply *business* challenges. But they are not.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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10/ Musk also demonstrates an utter lack of understanding about how a global platform for interactive communication requires a thoughtful, judicious business strategy unlike any other product. Musk has done precisely the *opposite* of what leadership requires.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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9/ When one of the richest men in the world uses his own private global media platform to selectively amplify anti-democratic voices, and to prey on those he does not like, that is not “free speech.” That’s personal psychological weakness, enabled by systemic plutocracy.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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8/ When Musk talks about protecting “free speech” he really means supporting provocative and/or violent voices — and *esp* trolls who hate the idea that all people are equal. Conversely, Musk is quick to *stifle* speech if it embarrasses him or his companies. He’s a hypocrite.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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7/ I cringe every time journalists and others refer to Musk as a “free speech absolutist.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The only absolute is Musk’s hypocrisy, as he repeatedly contradicts his so-called principles to serve himself and his pet causes.

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Edward Perez @eddie1perez

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6/ The “free speech/content moderation” issue is cynical redirection. As an ex-Dir of Product Mgmt at Twitter, I care about mitigating harm associated with speech. As a long-time student of political philosophy, I also care about the value of free speech. Musk fails at both.