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Amanda Marcotte says the only way to save Twitter is for the government to buy and run it

We’re sorry we missed this when it came out, but it just scrolled past in our Twitter timeline and we knew we had to share it. Writing in Salon, senior writer Amanda Marcotte says that Elon Musk “must be stopped,” and the best way to do that is to “socialize” Twitter. And by socialize, she literally means having the United States government buy Twitter and run it itself.

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OK, that’s just stupid. In case you skipped over the excerpts above, Marcotte writes:

Of course, there is one way Twitter could be saved: By actually making it the “digital town square” Musk says he wants it to be. Which is to say the government should buy and run Twitter, just as government owns and operates actual town squares. Yes, I’m talking about a “socialist” takeover of Twitter, just like we have “socialist” libraries, schools and museums.

A nationalized Twitter would solve the current dilemma: the contradictory goals of running a network that protects free speech while also being socially responsible and profitable. Take away the profit motive and so much of what makes Twitter a deleterious force in society would disappear.

… The anti-LGBTQ hate account Libs of Tik Tok has 1.5 million followers, even though it only exists to stir up violent hatred against marginalized people.

That’s because, to quote tech journalist Kara Swisher, “Enragement equals engagement.” Racists and trolls attract attention because people like to argue with them and retweet them for dunking purposes. The algorithm then pushes the gross tweets further, because all that negative attention means people are spending more time on the platform and therefore making the company more money. Advertisers may not like users saying the N-word. But people who know how to trigger the liberals while not quite crossing the line into overt slurs — think Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., or professional trolls like Glenn Greenwald — make the site money. Misinformation also gets a boost, because arguing with it boosts engagement numbers.

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So again … just to make sure we have this straight … the government should buy and run Twitter, as it would a museum or library.

Why does America need Twitter so badly that it should own and run it?

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LOL … this editor literally laughed out loud reading her piece — and he never laughs. What happens when President DeSantis cleans house at the Department of Social Media and takes over and implements a “Don’t Say Gay” policy?

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