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AgentME ◴[] No.23347684[source]
One angle I don't see discussed: I wonder if Trump commits to more risky/bombastic/divisive plans as president because he feels confident that he can directly frame them and control the narrative by using his audience on Twitter, and he feels emboldened by how immediately Twitter is able to deliver the reactions. If there's a chance this is true, I can especially understand Twitter wanting to have no part in this. It would be fucked up to force anyone like Twitter to be the ones working to support this if they didn't want to be the ones doing it and associated with it.
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dannyw ◴[] No.23347730[source]
Twitter should have suspended the account of a repeated rule breaker a long time ago.

If I threatened to shoot the president, I would be in jail already, not to mention my twitter account would be suspended.

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1. AgentME ◴[] No.23355701[source]
I don't disagree; I think my point is just another reason on top of that.