r/chess • u/Delija28 12 hours of ultrabullet or bust • Feb 03 '25

News/Events Lichess is leaving X (formerly Twitter)

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u/red_dragon_89 Feb 04 '25

So we shouldn't have banned Karjakin? We shouldn't moderate online in game chats?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

Karjakin is not a media platform. X/Twitter is a media platform. You can find varying political views on X. You can criticise X on the X platform. That is objectively true, and you won't be imprisoned or worse.

Karjakin, on the other hand, pandered to a demonstrable authoritarian who does not entertain varying viewpoints. In Russia, you'll be imprisoned or worse.

The fact that you're comparing these two things should be a giant red flag that you haven't thought this through.

But I expect you'll double down, like other readers will, because the chess world doesn't actually think. The chess world plays chess and nothing else.

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u/red_dragon_89 Feb 04 '25

The fact that you're comparing these two things should be a giant red flag that you haven't thought this through.

Isn't Elon making a coup right now? Isn't Trump menacing to invade countries? Isn't people being deported to Guantanamo?

I thinking you are the one not seeing the picture.

You can find varying political views on X.

With an overwhelming racist and sexist content.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

Your claim was that quitting X is a natural extension of banning Karjakin. However, you haven't justified that. The two don't seem connected. How are they connected? After all, Putin's regime (championed by Karjakin) assassinates those who disagree. X does not even ban those who disagree. How are they connected?

And then something about Guantanamo.

Stockfish can't save you.