Why people are worried about Musk’s buying twitter is because most Americans actually enjoy using the platform. It is very slightly moderated and for good reason. For e.g., Trump was punted for promoting insurrection against the United States–that’s you and me, our government, our people. Some people are banned for hate-speech or for threatening people or promoting violence. You may call this “free speech,” but environments full of that sort of thing never become too popular.

The worry is that if by “free speech” he means losing all moderation, twitter will just join the other utterly un-moderated platforms like 4chan where shootings and other crimes have been coordinated, and most American’s stay far away from. Twitter is popular BECAUSE it is moderated.

Think of moderation as a bar owner not letting customers shoot each other or spit on others’ tables during dinner. Would you like to frequent a bar where it was specifically okay for people to do those things?

Some Mosks in the middle East use their free speech to radicalize people, to foment love for Sharia law.

I personally don’t care one way or the other because I don’t use Twitter, but I hope it remains a trustworthy platform. I am 100% for transparency, in every respect, but I fear that if he drops moderation, he’ll kill the platform.