from Hacker News

X is rolling out labels for parody accounts

by r721 on 1/18/25, 7:58 AM with 2 comments

  • by bediger4000 on 1/18/25, 3:06 PM

    This seems like a sad departure from the brave free speech goals X espoused. I realize this is "only a label", but what happens when people make decisions on labels? Where does the labeling stop? Whose preferences are guiding the labeling? "Parody" is not always easily recognized, as anyone who was duped by the incredibly humorous DPRK News Service can relate. DORK News Service wasn't a parody, since DPRK had no official X presence, it was something else, but would probably get labeled "parody".
  • by Terr_ on 1/18/25, 9:01 AM

    Place your bids for how long until Musk retaliates against a serious account by forcing the "parody" label onto it.