Poll: Should links to Twitter / X be banned on Overclockers?

Should links to Twitter / X be banned on Overclockers?

  • Yes

  • No

  • Mods edited the OP so who cares anymore

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Raumarik said:
I don't care much for Twitter, but this doesn't pass the sniff test in terms of censorship. If OCUK want to ban Twitter/X no problem, ban any links to other social media platforms, they are all as bad as each other anyway - or at least have the risk/capacity to be.

Regardless I like the moderation on OCUK as it's clear, simple and evenly applied, I can't say the same for many of those other platforms e.g. Twitter, Reddit etc. Having recently register on Bluesky, it's honestly just another vacuous platform.
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I'm also along those lines..

There is so much misinformation in the media these days, who the hell can claim they are the arbiter of what is true and not true?

In fact looking at the absolutely dire state of the BBC/Guardian/GBNews/CH4/SKY/.Facebook etc, if you want to remove linking to one, remove it to them all..

We have laws for free speech, let the powers that be decide if/when to ban X.. then we can remove linking to it..

Otherwise, be an adult and if you are able to recognise your flavour of misinformation on social media, do us a favour and stop assuming we are all stupider than thou and need saving from ourselves..
 
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Robbo said:
Have you looked at the poll? 55% of people want it banned. Strange for a "right wing" forum.
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Perhaps the silent majority want it banned. It is clear though that the people that actually matter here don't. No matter the result Twitter isn't getting banned on OCUK.
 
Worthy said:
The purpose of this thread is to determine if we (the community, not just the mods) believe that X should be allowed as a reliable source of information.
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Interesting. What constitutes a reliable source of information? We can't pretend that main stream news outlets don't get things wrong and don't misrepresent things. And lets be honest any corrections they issue is usually late or in the corner of the article.
 
Worthy said:
It’s mindblowing that you would take that as the intention of this thread.

I’ll be succinct; we don’t care about Elon Musk. We don’t care what he did recently. The timing is pure coincidence.
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Did you miss the bit where Feek edited the OP? It was literally the specific intent of the thread.
 
Demon said:
I'm also along those lines..

There is so much misinformation in the media these days, who the hell can claim they are the arbiter of what is true and not true?

In fact looking at the absolutely dire state of the BBC/Guardian/GBNews/CH4/SKY/.Facebook etc, if you want to remove linking to one, remove it to them all..

We have laws for free speech, let the powers that be decide if/when to ban X.. then we can remove linking to it..

Otherwise, be an adult and if you are able to recognise your flavour of misinformation on social media, do us a favour and stop assuming we are all stupider than thou and need saving from ourselves..
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So you think the factual state of information on X is on a par with the BBC? That's actually hilarious.
 
lovelyhead said:
Can you not recognise the unique danger of Twitter as a propaganda tool?
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I agree there's a massive amount of conflict of interest given the owner and their connection to a world power government but, any internet service can be used as a propaganda tool and Twitter isn't being used in that way in it's entirety - there's still (currently) plenty of decent factual information being posted on it.

I think removing specifically Twitter would be setting a very murky precedence for the forum.

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That's my biggest gripe, the display of embedded media...it's huge!
 
Chuk_Chuk said:
oh yeah I am bias to the right. What did you think I was going to claim to be smackdown in the middle or something? But that has nothing to do with what I am saying

Are the people you are referring to self professed to being mentally distraught over the things you have listed? If yes, then they should take a break from the internet.
I fully remember your name and I know you were one of the people having a bit of mental crisis over Donald Trump. So allow me to say to you what I didn't say back then. Take a break from the internet. For your own good.
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This is immensely condescending and incredibly rude. "Mental crisis"? So debating politics and how awful someone like Trump is, is having a "mental crisis"? I realise it is convenient to look upon anyone who thinks your views are abhorrent/inexplicable as having a "mental crisis". If that make you feel better when you cannot cope with reading the objective reality of how terrible the people on your "side of the aisle" are, then i guess you have to do whatever you can to feel better about yourself.

Personally, i would suggest taking a good hard look at yourself before coming out with such condescending rubbish in future.
 
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dlockers said:
Did you miss the bit where Feek edited the OP? It was literally the specific intent of the thread.
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Even if that was the case and needed amending, do you honestly think we’d ask for opinions on if we should ban twitter based on members impressions of the owner and not think “That has to be a typo”?

You’re better than that and I’m disappointed you don’t think we are too.

If anyone has any further input, say it now please as I think this thread has just about run its course.

Peloton then close. Cody Rigsby is back so it’ll be at least 30 minutes.
 
Armageus said:
I don't, but I certainly don't treat it as unbiased and impartial. If we ban one source of propaganda then it's unfair not to ban others
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It's as unbiased and impartial as you're going to get. It looks like a very high correlation on here of those who are anti BBC being pro X. Hardly surprising though.
 
Am I being thick.? (Yes)

People are talking like X/twitter is posting information/news.

Isn't it just people/organisations posting on a "public" space.

If I go on X and look for BBC don't I just get what they write?

Then, are we just upset that it's streamlining "news" and pushing bias stuff if you just scroll through it? Putting you in that echo chamber area?
 
China literally has internment camps for a particular group, yet we don't have the same outrage at TikTok as we do X.

It's almost like some people WANT Trump, Musk and co to be Nazis so that can go "see, they are fascists! look at them go, rounding up Jews and gassing them in camps".
 
lovelyhead said:
Many subreddits have decided to no longer allow linking to X / Twitter. I personally think Overclockers should also no longer allow linking to X. What say you?
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No - X should stay; however many sub reddits should be burned to the ground and those who access them watched closely
 
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