I get what his point is meant to be. Twitter is, at surface level, designed to allow users to only see content from people they want to. At face value, this gives the ability to create what OP is describing.
It is a flawed analogy, for obvious reasons. There are other factors at play like (((AI))) which artificially limit the possible interactions, and flood you with other shit you don't want to see.
Twatter free speech was an illusion, from the start. I don't remember them claiming they were pro free-speech ever.
You don't catch flies with vinegar.
They then put their real plan to control the compliant masses into application, once they got them captive.
I didn’t even check when it first started and I made my account. I just assumed it let you do whatever until you became a problem. But back then you had to have a decent amount of money to get online. And it worked through sms, that’s why it started with 140 characters. (SMS data limit was 140).
I can’t seem to go back more than 3 or 4 years in the twitter feeds. And search engines don’t seem to go back more than 10 years- it should atleast point to wayback/archive.
Not disagreeing with that.
The point remains. Twitter sells itself as a platform where you can achieve was OP is talking about.
Just like any platform that gives the ability to block users.
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