Why would Elon give any rationale?
Also, arbitrary suspensions like this when Twitter no longer has any decision-making council on such policies is not a good sign for corporate advertisers who prefer stability & reputation. Can't find those on a platform where one manchild has taken a dictatorial position.
Edit: my bubble was too limited.
The last couple of weeks/months of Elon to me are just another instance of a much-replicated "no fact-checking required for popularity" pattern. It turns out it never was, we just didn't have the sort of media immediacy that made it an issue at scale before.
We need more general tools to deal with these cases.
Elongate is to lengthen, and plane is just plan with silence added.
So Elon's plane scandal -> secret long-term plan.
IT'S ALL 4D CHESS
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