I bought yes because Elon is in a unique position to actually self-justify doing this: he owns a media and a few other large companies that have a lot of surface for errors. As such the estimate feels cheap and a good deal.

With that said, the question is ambiguously worded. I thought this would be about some sort of sex scandal rather than a media censorship issue.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d948x/x-purges-prominent-journalists-leftists-with-no-explanation

I would love to bet on this, but need more clarity. Users (including some that might call themselves news outlets) get downranked/throttled/censored all the time for various reasons, but this generally doesn’t constitute a “Hunter Biden laptop scandal.”

This is so vague bc there could be articles that are about the election that are throttled for entirely seperate reasons

I wonder if KR considered Elon being the nexus of that scandal, not merely in regards to Twitter censorship, but that he himself will have a laptop or piece of information leaked that truly damages him and his reputation forever.

Scorched Earth strategies rarely produce long term growth or positive outcomes, see all empires. Something tells me Elon experiences his “O’Doyle family” (see Billy Madison) precipice in 2024.

Can you please provide more context? Without googling, I didn't know what Hard Fork is.

@JuJumper It’s a tech podcast. Check it out. It’s good.

Nah I think Elon Musk only cares that much about articles about himself, not any of the presidential candidates

Hasn't he already been caught doing this with NYT link? Does it have to be a specific news story?

@BenAdams Came here to say the same thing. I’m sure it’s already been reported that he does this regularly.

Found in almost zero seconds. This is over before 2024 even starts, right? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/technology/x-delay-throttle.html