Posted on 12/30/2024 2:09:26 PM PST by Texas Fossil
Effective December 26, Elon Musk changed the Twitter algorithm to diminish those voices who would openly confront his network of supporters within Silicon Valley and beyond. If large follower Twitter accounts, like those of Musk himself, David Sacks, Vivek Ramaswamy and Musks’ promoted network of influencers begin blocking accounts on the platform, then the voices of those accounts get purposefully diminished by the algorithm.
Much like having a VIP section that can remove people from the audience, Musk is pushing opposing viewpoints into the background of the public square.
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The timing of this is not accidental. The allies of Musk have been getting blasted by some rather large MAGA accounts over the H1B visa position of the Silicon Valley team. In response, Musk is pushing those opposition voices out of the conversation. This is another way for the newly aligned tech group to maintain influence over the policy of President-elect Donald Trump. In fact, I have been informed this is exactly the purpose.
President Trump previously announced that David Sacks would lead the tech, crypto and AI policy group. The team being assembled by Sacks all support extended use of H1B visas to bring in “high skilled” foreign workers. The Musk team do not want publicly visible opposition to impede their agenda.
To be fair, it makes sense for the tech network to do this because it’s akin to President Trump’s incoming chief of staff, Susie Wiles, saying she would not let what she defines as “clown car people” influence President Trump. It’s an issue of controlling a very directed policy initiative. However, the issues around immigration in general, and H1B visas specifically, are critically important to many of the long-term Trump supporters.
Elon Musk is building a bubble around Donald Trump to diminish opposition to the technocratic influence.
Mr Musk is shutting out, or at least making quiet, the core MAGA base while elevating a new group of arrivals that support Donald Trump.
The new group of influential technocrats, billionaires in the tech industry and platform control operators, do not hold the same ideological interests as the core MAGA base. This is part of the reason for the conflict over the past week on the subject of H1B workers.
Musk’s decision to essentially put a super moderator system in place that can control and silence the microphone on Twitter, is a specific move that represents what some, me included, have been warning about. This group of tech influence agents do not have the same priorities as expressed within the MAGA base of voters.
This is the same basic policy justification behind the “shadowbanning” and platform manipulation previously instituted by Twitter to silence opposition to the COVID-19 vaccination. Only this time it is Elon Musk instituting the algorithmic manipulation, to silence opposition to David Sacks, Vivek Ramaswamy, Sriram Krishnan, Peter Thiel, Chamath Palihapitiya, Jacob Helberg and eventually JD Vance.
If the technocrats control the visible public conversation that’s not supporting free speech. That’s manipulation and selective censorship of the audience. This approach is exactly how social media was being controlled in the era of COVID. The new boss motives are the same as the old boss motives, the policy behind it is the difference.
LEE SMITH – “Don’t be lulled by fake MAGA truce: H1B issue is indeed consequential. When Dems & GOP offshored mfg (NAFTA, WTO), rationale was that Americans would get great “tech service” jobs—but H1B showed they wouldn’t get those jobs either.
And there’s nothing you can do about it, said Dems and GOP alike. You want those jobs back? Where’s your magic wand? And besides, you deserve the pain, clinging to your guns and God — you’re racist, homophobic, etc. you’re deplorables.
This is what Trump was elected to fight, but according to Vivek: In fact, the things that have caused you pain are your fault. Your culture prizes mediocrity, your parents raised you poorly. Then Elon: Fight me on a thing that has hurt you, and I will crush you.
Vivek continues to double down: instead of walking back or even just modifying his public rebuke of American families, he characterizes it as one of his “hard truths” — as other MAGA influencers have jumped to his defense:
‘In fact, nothing bad happened, it was simply a conversation, and it’s the left who is trying to divide us!’ But to tell people long targeted by an elite demoralization campaign that they shouldn’t believe what they heard with their own ears and blame it on others is predatory.
So, yes H1B matters because it’s an effect of the core issue — indeed the reason DJT is POTUS — a political and corporate establishment that has waged a half-century long campaign to destroy the American middle class. (LINK)
There were always going to be uncomfortable moments inside the tenuous MAGA alignment with the billionaire technocrats; however, this is not that. This is far beyond uncomfortable moments. Immigration and jobs for Americans first, are core issues for millions of Americans. The Silicon Valley response to controlling that conversation is not good.
Ultimately, as we are all witnessing, many of these people do not have our best interests at heart.
Keep watching closely.
I just had a face palm moment. After 15 years, my (Twitter) X account was closed.
Now I have a clue why.
Twitter? 😅
I was there through much noise for 15 years. Musk purchase was a big improvement.
But I got blind sided 2-3 weeks ago. Long story, not here.
I put it to good use, but this is a question of motives.
My old screen name was @TX_1
I don’t use Twitter/X or anything like it; so I don’t really understand this.
But can someone tell me how Musk doing this is different from the previous Twitter outfit doing similar to censor opinion?
Once again CTH jumps the shark for clicks.
I decided to check the “for you” tab on X today, I rarely do. It is clear Musk is gaming it, which is understandable, but he is far from a free speech absolutist like he says.
The H1-B program should be reserved for people who would address an important shortfall of domestic expertise.
There is some degree of fraud and considerable incompetence in every government program and H1-B is no exception.
That fraud and incompetence need to be fixed throughout the government.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 27, 2024
“But can someone tell me how Musk doing this is different from the previous Twitter outfit doing similar to censor opinion?”
Musk just sent out a reminder that the more people that mute you the less people will see of you.
I don’t see anything about any change.
Well, it would have been better after all, I suppose, if Heels-Up had been elected.
Should anyone be surprised if those who think they can, will try. They have to be stopped, that’s all.
Nothing like memory holing one’s vocal opponent when one gains enough power to do so.
99% of H1B Indians in the USA are NOT filling critical skill gaps. They are just replacing American workers and voting for Democrats, period.
SVG bump for later.....
That is a stupid statement.
I have NOTHING to do with The Conservative Treehouse, except I have read it as long as it has been around.
I remember back in the Sipsey Street Irregulars days.
He does not need clicks, I get absolutely nothing for posting this. I thought this article was important enough that I posted it in full.
Once again CTH jumps the shark for clicks.
Exactly. What CTH is claiming is not what Musk said.
I expect the reality to come out shortly.
This is an overblown early and conspiratorial explanation.
It is not necessarily false, but other explanations seem more likely.
No difference. It was always a con.
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
“Your culture prizes mediocrity, your parents raised you poorly.”
More accurately would be to say: The media has praised mediacracy and punished meritocracy. The public education system has failed the country.
It's not any different, even if there are actual good intentions behind it this time.
It seems since the election, Sundance is never happy.
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