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Taliban Endorses Twitter Over Threads (www.vice.com)

submitted 2 years ago by NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Anas Haqqani, a senior leader in the Taliban, has officially endorsed Twitter over Facebook-owned competitor Threads.

“Twitter has two important advantages over other social media platforms,” Haqqani said in an English post on Twitter. “The first privilege is the freedom of speech. The second privilege is the public nature & credibility of Twitter. Twitter doesn't have an intolerant policy like Meta. Other platforms cannot replace it.”

Twitter has fallen out of favor with many people since Elon Musk took over the company last year...The Taliban, however, seems to love it. Two Taliban officials even bought blue verification check marks after Musk started selling them in January.

Haqqani noted that the biggest draw of Twitter was this lax moderation policy...Facebook and TikTok both view the Taliban as a terrorist organization and disallow them from posting. It’s a ban that persists to this day.

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[–] b1_@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Why not get those quirky Taliban guys over to America for a Twitter ad campaign, Elon. He could probably throw in a tour of Space X launch site or the Tesla car factory in Texas? (Just keep all the female employees out of sight, shh, mums the word...)

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

No idea why people are still buying Teslas when the Taliban are literally a fan of the CEO.

[–] Aesecakes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

This ruins my analogy of Meta federating with Activity Pub being like the Taliban promising to be good guys this time round.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Free speech Elon does...

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Same as Taliban.

[–] cazool@blip.cf 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe they’ll buy ads. See Elon. Threads launching isn’t as bad as you think it will be.

[–] ZombieZookeeper@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

According to Elon, their ad revenue should be on par with YouTube.

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Great news. I was waiting to hear what they thought about it...

[–] Zima@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not their fan but I hope facebook can leverage this on their marketing.

[–] RageAgainstTheSurge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

"I can't believe Meta would do this to us! Is it wrong for us to be a patriarchial homophobic anti-Christian, anti-Jewish group online without having someone tell us we can't be our true authentic selves? How dare Mark Zuckerberg do this to us! At least Elon will let us be who we are. Now if you excuse me, I have to to let the leopards at the Kabul Zoo eat my face." --Taliban Senior Leader

[–] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

"The Taliban prefers Twitter over Threads. So I've got that going for me, which is nice." - Elon Musk, probably.

[–] Kill_joy@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Okay but, like, here's the ultimate test of best friendship, Anas:

Coke or Pepsi?

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