Musk can do what he wants with his platform. I don't really care.
What I have said in the past, and will continue to say, is that if you have any kind of internet platform, whether it be a social media platform like Twitter, a video hosting site like You Tube, or indeed a discussion forum like International Skeptics Forum, then you need to have some kind of Terms of Service.
This is a no-brainer for anyone. Or at least it should be.
I personally think that ISF gets it right (of course people will still complain about the moderation here, as they will anywhere).
In some cases, that means that certain words are censored. For example, you cannot use most expletives such as the f-word, the c-word or racial slurs such as the n-word. I am more than happy to accept that. I am not quite sure anymore what the terms of service are on X/Twitter, but I think that if you start calling other users a f-n-c then you will probably end up censored or banned. If someone is complaining that their inability to abuse other users on a platform is being infringed, then that person is a whiny snowflake.
Where to draw the line is always going to be a problem of course. Musk seems to have been persuaded that social media platforms are supposed to adhere as closely to the United States Constitution's First Amendment which I think is a silly place to draw the line and it is of course not one that he consistently enforces anyway.
Now Samson, I will be interested to hear if you have an actual substantial argument for what should and should not be allowed on social media. We can then have a discussion. But if you are going to point me to some tedious culture warrior like Gad Saad making **** jokes about "Oooh my wife wanted to get a coffee in Starbucks but was scared because she didn't know what pronoun to use to the barista" then frankly you may as well save your energy.
