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Poll: Should links to Twitter / X be banned on Overclockers?
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So don't click on it then, problem solved. Dunno why you're trying to make your problem other peoples' problems too.
Step away from the internet. No seriously if you value your mental health step away.
This is just as bad as when people were having mental breakdowns over Donald Trump winning the election, the mods should have done these people a favor and handed them a 4 year holiday from SC.
Soldato
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I don't think it's political bias although some will definitely will have it, but it's more we have mods that try to engineer discussion along very narrow tracks and don't want it spilling over onto other tracks despite being related, because it usually ends up in bickering and that creates work for them
Basically, they're lazy and want to make things on the forum as effortless as possible when it comes to actually moderating (which does raise the question of why even bother wanting to be a mod if you don't really want to mod and just want the power) but then, what's the point of discussion if you're not going to allow natural discussion to occur and keep having to push people on the course the mods want the discussion to go in, it's not really discussion, it's just very limited back and forth and you end up with people thinking it's to do with political bias when they shut down the conversation because it isn't how they want it to go etc
I think this quote I saw on Hotukdeals is a very apt description of them, not just here but basically everywhere
Soldato
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I got to ask, why do you have a random quote from HUD?
Don
Replace "lazy" with "unpaid volunteers", and you are closer to the truth...
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Yes, there's a term/acronym for that, some people even try to deny its existence, I think if that is the motivation for you and some others to want to ban Twitter posts from being used on OCUK then that's a bad reason.
Someone posting an x.com post isn't endorsing Musk, at best all they're doing is signaling that they are in the group that isn't so far gone they can't even bear to use or see the platform being used.
The platform contains abundant information from multiple sources so it's only natural that people would refer to it - it's especially useful when people can hear directly from the horse's mouth so to speak, journalists can provide additional context/follow-ups to stories, people can provide counterpoints to stories when the legacy media articles don't fully explore the arguments on both sides etc..
It does contain some unpleasant stuff but tweets/x.com posts still need to abide by OCUK rules - twitter might allow say graphic war footage but OCUK doesn't ergo it's already policed, if someone posts a tweet of stuff that isn't acceptable then there are forum rules to deal with that.
See I just can't understand why people hold such a viewpoint. Musk owns Twitter. Musk controls exactly what is and isn't allowed on Twitter. It isn't just about me not liking it so I should ignore it. Twitter is a propaganda tool controlled by Musk, a tool he is now aiming at the UK and other allied nations. Look what has happened in the USA with them electing a felon as president with Musk using his influence to make it happen. Propaganda is extremely effective and Twitter is one of the most powerful propaganda tools ever invented.
The UK government banned RT from broadcasting in the UK. Twitter is a much bigger threat than RT ever was and now the owner of twitter is throwing sieg heils on the main stage of the Presidential inauguration. Yet we have a lot of people on this forum defending Musk making excuses for him blaming it on his autism etc. I find that extremely concerning and think that is strong evidence that the propaganda is having an effect here.
I can see why people might think that banning twitter on Overclockers is censorship and in a way that is correct. I think it is censorship of Musk's agenda, his propaganda. People need saving from propaganda because a lot of the time people don't even realise it is propaganda. There is nothing stopping people moving to a different social media platform to have their voices heard but to continue to allow twitter to push Musk's ideology is dangerous and will lead to bad things. The more people who stop using it the better. Blocking Twitter on forums and places like reddit are a great first step to reducing musk's reach.
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Don
Yeah, I would imagine there’s an awful lot you don’t understand.
It is, it really really is.
I try to explain my point of view in detail and I get a lazy personal insult thrown back at me. So typical of OCUK forums.
Don
Welcome to the modern world
I often disagree with people, but don't immediately write them off as facist/crazy/evil/bigoted(etc), or something else terrible. The polarisation of people today is quite scary.
I often question what these sorts of people are like in person. do they just randomly scream and threaten people who disagree with them at their kid's birthday parties too?
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Don
Where should we draw the line? Might as well block all web links on the forums just in case you disagree with whatever content they might have?
I don't think it is about the content so much, as it is a protest against the man who owns/runs it and the government it will be beholden to.
People all over want to take a stand against Trump/Elon etc. one way to do that (for Elon anyway) is to boycott his products/platforms.
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Don
Then they are free to not link to, not use, and boycott away.
Hell, set up blocking X content on their router if it really bothers them
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Would you direct that to the people who appear to almost have a tick that compels them to write "woke" all the time, and fear such scary things as pronouns, gender identity or racial diversity as well?
It would appear your inherent bias is showing...
Soldato
See in terms of criminality and slammers, Bezos and Zuckerberg are leagues ahead however you object totally on the CEO politics, Zuckerberg has all but scrapped moderation on his meta and whatsapp services which serve trash to our kids. Bezos will sell anything for a quick profit.
X is now a bit old hat, it does have a lot of adherent from all sides of politics so to my mind it is worth keeping. The acceptance speech this week says that Anerica shall be colour blind and a meritocracy. That is his brief from his boss.