>”I personally haven't seen Twitter/X get any better or worse, it's just people posting. Frankly, a lot of this seems like over reaction. There was straight porn on twitter (still is) along with plenty of other unsavory stuff, again same as before”
Maybe this is part of your confusion. Pornography isn’t banned on Twitter, this is an intentional policy decision, not a moderation issue.
At the time of writing it seems
like Twitter is having issues and this page isn’t loading but archived copies confirm posts may include pornography, just not live streams, pfp, or banners.
The types of content that advertisers are worried about is the violent and hate content. The photos of Coca Cola ads next to calls for racist violence give advertisers pause. This isn’t an observation unique to advertisers; groups like the ADL and dozens of similar groups like the CCDH, Israel’s Foreign Ministry, various EU regulatory bodies, news agencies, etc. have all come to pretty similar conclusions based on quantified metrics. Frankly it’s hard to find anywhere where people haven’t noticed… in my experience the change has not been subtle.
Twitter does promise reach for people who pay them.
>”Prioritized rankings in conversations and search: Posts that you interact with will receive a small boost in their ranking. Additionally, your replies will receive a boost that ranks them closer to the top. Subscribers will appear in the Verified tab within other users’ notifications tab which highlights replies, mentions, and engagement from Premium subscribers.”
A lot of the issues these people mentioned is that they paid for this reach and previously received it. This decision is another in a long series of secret algorithm changes that are effectively unannounced policy changes.
Also the “freedom of speech” thing is not really true either. Elon makes grand promises about not banning any legal content, but then does things like institutes very personal censorship rules, like deciding “cis” is a slur and saying it is a bannable offense. I’ve known many people who’ve been banned for using the word in an otherwise mild-mannered post.
Maybe this is part of your confusion. Pornography isn’t banned on Twitter, this is an intentional policy decision, not a moderation issue.
https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy
At the time of writing it seems like Twitter is having issues and this page isn’t loading but archived copies confirm posts may include pornography, just not live streams, pfp, or banners.
The types of content that advertisers are worried about is the violent and hate content. The photos of Coca Cola ads next to calls for racist violence give advertisers pause. This isn’t an observation unique to advertisers; groups like the ADL and dozens of similar groups like the CCDH, Israel’s Foreign Ministry, various EU regulatory bodies, news agencies, etc. have all come to pretty similar conclusions based on quantified metrics. Frankly it’s hard to find anywhere where people haven’t noticed… in my experience the change has not been subtle.