Yeah, that made my blood boil. Specifically after hearing then screaming that Russian influence is “fake news” for like a year or two by that point.

I understand he has a rather controversial history. Starting on the site which shall not be named?

Personally, coming yourself to online moderation is just plain stupid. Like, we’re talking it makes people obsessing over how many online “friends/followers” they have look like rocket scientists!

So, I’m probably the worst person to listen to on the subject…oops

There’s a loophole to prevent filibuster - 60 votes ends debate, and there’s enough fascist Dems for that. So he’s halting business anyway.

I say give him some credit.

That’s literally the definition of cognitive dissonance. And it’s a hallmark of literal brainwashing. Like, for real this is a common tactic in cults. I outta know, for what it’s worth, cause I grew up Mormon. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh, it’s very logical; but the goal absolutely is to reduce voter turnout even further (and our turnout is disturbingly bad already). But honestly, you ought to spend some time looking into ways of disenfranchising voters. You really might be surprised how devious they tactics have become. Just saying

If but perfect you mean perfectly exploitative, sure. The walled garden issue has nothing to do with ease of use my friend; in fact, the whole point is to do the opposite - make anything outside the wall impossibly hard to access or use.