Dave Rubin

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@seanonolennon Bingo. Been saying this nonstop on the show. — PolitiTweet.org

Dave Rubin @RubinReport

@BretWeinstein @elonmusk Your account also had at least one of the labels. Pretty sure it was Not Safe For Ads. Will get some more info and send you… — PolitiTweet.org

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@TaraBull808 @elonmusk On a plane now, possibly later… — PolitiTweet.org

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@elonmusk 💪👍 And when you’re done with all that close up shop and move to Miami. @FrancisSuarez will take good care of you! — PolitiTweet.org

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@peterboghossian @elonmusk It’s important to clean up some of the messaging and the guy can’t do everything himself. Now we gotta get him to move the company to Florida. SF is an unimaginable dystopian nightmare… — PolitiTweet.org

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@JedediahBila Check my thread from today… — PolitiTweet.org

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Perfect illustration of how crazy things are. A friend just sent the to me, watch the RT’s go up and then suddenly go down. @elonmusk https://t.co/3Q0T7AcEMs — PolitiTweet.org

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What’s also really crazy now having seen under the hood is that Jack Dorsey repeatedly said they don’t shadowban. The entire machine behind Twitter is designed to shadowban. It’s almost as if that was the primary goal rather than the product itself. — PolitiTweet.org

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And frankly they gotta get that company out of SF… — PolitiTweet.org

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Oh, one either thing for now… Elon really lit up when we talked about the shifting political landscape and how anyone non-woke is now “far right.” That notion is deeply connected to how screwy thing got at Twitter and he’s working to fix it despite the huge challenges ahead. — PolitiTweet.org

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Also huge shout out to @davidsacks who is helping Elon clean up this mess because he believes in the fight for free speech as much as Elon does. And massive thanks to the engineers who iopened up their computers, showed me literally everything I asked for, and were total pros. — PolitiTweet.org

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Will share more in bit but have to catch a flight. On a personal note Elon is funny as hell, laughs a ton and it’s just really obvious he cares about Twitter because he cares about free speech and the bigger problems facing the world. He doesn’t need this headache, he chose it. — PolitiTweet.org

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They also don’t know for sure why things got so much better once Elon made the acquisition and why it seems far worse now. Some is probably related to excitement around Elon himself, which also coincided with World Cup, but that doesn’t explain why it feels so off right now. — PolitiTweet.org

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So I assure you they are aware of the problems and Elon and engineers are there all night trying to untie this crazy knot. Some changes they’ve made, like the “For You” tab, have confused people and hurt engagement for accounts who have gotten the NSFA label without knowing. — PolitiTweet.org

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Elon was bringing people in and out constantly and seems to be aware of pretty much every issue. He thinks maybe the entire code has to be torn down and start from scratch. At the end last night he said that the whole situation is “a flaming dumpster rolling down the street.” https://t.co/bTdNmbX5Ks — PolitiTweet.org

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Backing up for a sec, they found the “recent suspension strike” on my account most interesting because it was fro July 2022, when I was suspended for calling out @jordanbpeterson’s unjust suspension. So though suspension was reversed the action on the account remained. — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, there’s an entire KeyWord database so that machine learning makes sure not to promote violence, porn etc., but it’s a mess of overreaching words. Literally the word “gay” was on the KeyWord list which would make you not advertiser friendly and harm the tweet in the algo. — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s unclear so far what these strikes actually do, but for sure they suppress views and recommendations, they are trying to figure out to what extent. I also had many innocuous tweets labeled NSFW or NSFA (not safe for ads) which affect visibility in the timeline. — PolitiTweet.org

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Accounts aren’t just hit with labels that are obvious to insiders. They now found more “secret” labels which are causing shadowbans. My account was hit with all three; “Recent abuse strike,” “Recent misinformation strike”, “Recent suspension strike.” — PolitiTweet.org

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I met with several engineers who were doing a deep dive on why my account and so many others seem to be absolutely crushed after that two or three week return to normalcy when Elon first took over. They still have more questions than answers, but they did learn a bunch of stuff. — PolitiTweet.org

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“A Fractal Rube Goldberg Machine.” That’s what @elonmusk called Twitter. As they fix the code more problems arise. A delicate balance he likened to a Jenga tower. One wrong move the whole thing collapses. They’re working nonstop, and both times I met him were after midnight. https://t.co/ZwETEarvgp — PolitiTweet.org

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Spent last two days at Twitter in SF talking to engineers, product managers and yes, @elonmusk. Learned a ton about what’s going on. Before I share, want to note that after couple hour meeting I asked Elon what I could share and he said, “anything that’s true.” 🧵time… — PolitiTweet.org

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Update coming shortly… — PolitiTweet.org

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At Twitter HQ in SF after midnight. Stay tuned… https://t.co/SxSMhPDPrO — PolitiTweet.org

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@stclairashley @greg_price11 Black mulch matters. — PolitiTweet.org

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@FBITwat @EricaJSandberg I spent the day walking all over the city. It’s an absolute dump and dystopian nightmare. You’re angry at the wrong people and also seem rather disturbed. Good luck! — PolitiTweet.org

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@stclairashley @greg_price11 I hate faded mulch! — PolitiTweet.org

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@FBITwat @EricaJSandberg lol, yes I am the problem here. 🤡 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Timcast: holy shit — PolitiTweet.org

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@ChristinaPushaw Joking aside I’ve never been actually afraid in a city in my entire life. Lived in NYC and was out all night for years. This is seriously sick. And the few non drug addicted homeless people all have the same terror in their eyes. It’s wild. — PolitiTweet.org