What if the problem they were facing on Twitter was that others weren't doing their part in the open and transparent discussion?

How would it not be open and transparent on twitter? It's a site where everyone can see what they are talking about. It's only when they try to limit to whom and where they talk to people that they are not open and transparent.

> How would it not be open and transparent on twitter?

Lying. Trolling. Bullshitting. Stonewalling.

> It's only when they try to limit to whom and where they talk to people that they are not open and transparent.

I don't need to talk to you or use your favored public platform for my published material to be open and transparent on some other public platform.

> Lying. Trolling. Bullshitting. Stonewalling.

What do these have to do with open and transparent communication?

> I don't need to talk to you or use your favored public platform for my published material to be open and transparent on some other public platform.

Very true, but limiting the platforms limits the openness and transparency. With some simple software you can post to all with almost no effort. Seems weird to disclude one just to write a blog post about it for attention.

> What do these have to do with open and transparent communication?

If I'm lying to you, I'm being neither open nor transparent, by definition.

> Very true, but limiting the platforms limits the openness and transparency.

It only limits the audience who will see it incidentally. Anyone who's looking for it can still find it.

> With some simple software you can post to all with almost no effort.

I rather suspect that they are avoiding the platform for reasons other than the effort it takes to simply create a post. This seems moot in context.

lol

imagine thinking you can discuss a hopped up ket-head into "aligning with your ideals".

it's the town square- it's not about the two people talking but for everyone reading what they said instead of controlling the narrative by only speaking to people you want in places you want. They don't even have to answer to everyone, so the only benefit of losing access to thousands/millions of people is to make an article like this for Pride.

It's hard to tell whether it's still really a town square, since the only information we have about X's usage is tweets from Musk.

I just mean that in the way that this site is a town square, or all of the rfc's, in that anyone can (for free) see all of the discussions and participate. Just like a town square, not every comment has to be addressed or promoted equally, but I don't know of a better way to release information and allow for anyone to discuss it with others.