Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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1061 points danso | 1 comments | 29 May 20 07:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source

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disease ◴[29 May 20 16:41 UTC] No.23352202[source]▶

For everyone bashing Twitter's actions, including the President, why don't they just leave the platform for Gab or something else?

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coopsmgoops ◴[29 May 20 16:46 UTC] No.23352275[source]▶

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I don't quite understand the "if you don't like it leave" theory. Is it really so unreasonable for people to want to influence the way the established platform works rather than switch and be alone on a new platform. Nobody is going to bother coming with you to Gab.

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1. KyleJune ◴[29 May 20 23:06 UTC] No.23356639[source]▶

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You could make a similar argument about selling on Amazon. They have rules that you must obey if you want to sell products on their marketplace. If they were not allowed to moderate the content and curate it, then the amazon marketplace would be less appealing to customers and sellers.

Twitter should be able to moderate and curate it's content to protect their brand image. If they don't challenge lies on their platform and remove toxic content, Twitter will become less attractive platform for both individuals and advertisers.

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