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partiallypro ◴[] No.23350905[source]
Twitter is well within the rights to do this, but I have seen tweets from blue check marks essentially calling for violence and Twitter didn't remove them. So, does that mean Twitter actually -supports- those view points now? If Twitter is going to police people, it needs to be across the board. Otherwise it's just a weird censorship that is targeting one person and can easily be seen as political.

Everyone is applauding this because they hate Trump, but take a step back and see the bigger picture. This could backfire in serious ways, and it plays to Trump's base's narrative that the mainstream media and tech giants are colluding to silence conservatives (and maybe there could even be some truth to that.) I know the Valley is an echo chamber, so obviously no one is going to ever realize this.

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Jestar342 ◴[] No.23351776[source]
Erm, what? This is just not true, and is a false dichotomy. Moderation is hard. Always has been. Stuff will slip through the cracks.

POTUS has the most popular (and currently most controversial - note, that's _controversial_ not _extreme_ or some other morph) so it's easy to see why Twitter are on top of it. Other blue-checked accounts, whilst more "important" than unverified, just simply don't compare to the importance and prevalance of POTUS' account.

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efitz ◴[] No.23352276[source]
If most of the mistakes happen in one direction, then I would argue that there's some other mechanism at work than just "mistakes".

Update: data https://quillette.com/2019/02/12/it-isnt-your-imagination-tw...

Update: admission https://www.vox.com/2018/9/14/17857622/twitter-liberal-emplo...

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gameswithgo ◴[] No.23352374[source]
Maybe conservative america needs to appeal to people smart enough to start their own tech companies, so they can compete in the free market to do things the way they like.
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zarkov99 ◴[] No.23352676[source]
Maybe companies should be idelogical neutral instead? Or do you also think liberal America should start to appeal to conscientious and patriotical people so they can have their own armed forces and police?
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1. techntoke ◴[] No.23352783[source]
Ideological neutral by whose standards? If conservatives tend to violate TOS more frequently and get blocked/banned, then that is neutral. They are simply enforcing their TOS based on the content.
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2. zarkov99 ◴[] No.23353788[source]
Do you really think that the 50% of the population that is conservative is really much more prone to asshole behavior? Does that really make sense to you?
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3. techntoke ◴[] No.23355011[source]
When the 50% you're talking about was notorious for calling people snowflakes and betas, yes I do believe they are more prone to advocate for violence, racism, and hate speech.
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4. zarkov99 ◴[] No.23355249{3}[source]
As opposed to notorious for calling people violent, racist and hateful, since those are just accurate assessments, right?
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5. techntoke ◴[] No.23355809{4}[source]
Are you disagreeing here that Republican voters are not more prone to those behaviors than Democrats?
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6. zarkov99 ◴[] No.23356058{5}[source]
Yes, I am. Both parties have assholes and both parties have great people in roughly equal proportions. The exact shape of the insults the shitty people throw at each other does not matter .
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7. perl4ever ◴[] No.23356346{6}[source]
My kneejerk reaction would be that the worst of both sides are equally bad, but the proportions are wildly different.