*My bolding.N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 6:57 am Musk ran another poll, the result of which, he says, is that all banned accounts except for those shut down for a few specific reasons (including legal violations) will be restored. That probably means a lot of racist former posters will be returning.
*Musk wrote "Vox populi, vox Dei" -- Latin for "The voice of the people is the voice of God" -- when announcing the results of both this poll and the one that restored Donald Trump's account. In response, someone pointed out that the Latin phrase may be best known for its use in this statement: "Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit," which Wikipedia translates as "And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness." The source may be familiar to some Tolkien fans: it's an eighth century letter to Charlemagne from the English priest and scholar Alcuin, whose scornful comments on the legendary northern hero Ingeld have been cited by many Tolkien scholars and indeed by Tolkien himself in his writings on Beowulf.
Fascinating. It's interesting how such things are used. And twisted. It seems the wheels are going to come off the cart before too long. Half of the top 100 advertisers on Twitter have pulled out.