Re: <nettime> Sign the BAN X in EUROPE petition and join the campaign

[Keith Sanborn via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

WTF do you mean”organically”? That’s a passive failure to engage. Sure dinosaurs die but not until they have wrought unspeakable terror. The freedom to leverage power with money is exploitation. This must be resisted and allowing Musk the “freedom” to pollute mass minds is not some noble cause: it’s wishy-washy libertarianism. 



> On Oct 16, 2024, at 1:05 AM, Pit Schultz via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org> wrote:
> 
> 1/12 SAY NO X FOR A U: A Critique of Digital Erasure
> 
> 2/12 Blocking and banning content on parasocial platforms is a futile
> erasure. These tycoon-owned hellscapes reflect authoritarian media control
> that seeks to manufacture dissent during political crises.
> 
> 3/12 Digital history is littered with extinct platforms like CompuServe and
> AOL. Their demise was evolution, not execution. Advocating prohibition of
> new tech (Metaverse, VR) misunderstands media's fluid nature.
> 
> 4/12 Revolution must germinate from within. The exodus from Facebook left
> no agents of change behind. We need experimental implementation of
> alternatives to avoid a pure escapism of the post-everything.
> 
> 5/12 Today's zeitgeist: dissidents become influencers, the abject
> normalizes, hatred standardizes. Mass atrocities justified by "values."
> This digital age raises more questions than it answers.
> 
> 6/12 Niche digital groups aren't panaceas. Their relevance ebbs with
> cultural tides. These enclaves may transform members but aren't more
> virtuous than mainstream - just human constructs at different scales.
> 
> 7/12 Rejecting Musk's agenda doesn't justify platform prohibition. It's a
> regression in free internet culture. Platforms die organically. We should
> invest in alternatives, not censorship or repressive tolerance.
> 
> 8/12 The "Bartleby option" ("I prefer not to") should always be open. We
> need a nuanced approach that addresses issues plaguing our entire digital
> discourse, not just X. Active engagement trumps passive cancellation.
> 
> 9/12 While not endorsing X's current state, calling for its ban echoes the
> authoritarianism it claims to fight. Users need new strategies for digital
> resistance that don't compromise on achieved internet freedom.
> 
> 10/12 This moment of political uncertainty demands active engagement. A
> campaign urging Musk to embrace his "Rosebud moment" and exit gracefully
> would be more intriguing than wholesale platform rejection.
> 
> 11/12 Power manifests as a relation, not as the imagined non-existence of
> the undesirable. Cancelling entire media (TV, radio, YouTube, memes, games)
> is cultural warfare from an illusory high horse.
> 
> 12/12 Let's embrace complexity and reject simplistic solutions. The power
> user´s goal should be to craft compelling alternatives that address root
> issues, without resorting to censorship or platform bans.
> 13/13 bonus track: no matter who wins in the USA . since i do not have the
> option to vote i couldn´t  care less of getting "falsely influenced" by
> actively engaing on twiX, other than swimming against the current.
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