Soldato
All Twitter as to do is only enforce the law.
The ongoing Elon Twitter saga: "insert demographic" melts down
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I think you are confusing happy with funny. Of course it was amusing that through his own arrogance he ended up having to buy it when he'd changed his mind and for an over inflated cost. And its got nothing to do with "lefty" as you put it. I don't think Twitter should be in the hands of 1 person and certainly not someone like Musk. There is more oversight when its a publicly traded company for starters.
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And then advertisers won't run away.
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You aren't embarrassed to be posting something as simple minded as that?
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LOL wat???
Yeah, he was suspended for dubious reasons - there is/was lots of oversensitivity on Twitter re: trans stuff which doesn't seem to be applied in the same way re: much else.
Soldato
The law varies country to country and twitter is a global entity so it needs no be much more nuanced than that if it wants to keep the conversation global. It also has to be incredibly sensitive around the companies that advertise on the platform as after all it is they who pay the bills for keeping the service running. Most companies don’t want their brand names appearing alongside content that they feel damages their brand. It is not a simple equation and neither is an unmoderated community necessarily a good thing! This very forum has regularly throughout my time been accused of being overly moderated but for me the moderation keeps the forum readable, engaging and not just an endless slanging match! Twitter unmoderated would be a horrible horrible place!
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The trans thread on here was shut down after being called out on twitter.
Oh was it? That adds a whole new dimension to moderating, hadn't even considered that tbh.
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Yup
And as I've seen it put the advertising spend on Twitter by most of the big companies is basically so small it wouldn't be noticed by Ford/GM let along Proctor & Gamble if they stopped it, and the reach is relatively small so it wouldn't affect their "positive" advertising much to stop it. On the other hand those companies really don't want anything of theirs along side the likes of thousands of MAGA/4channers posting racial slurs and calling death threats, and Twitter absolutely does need that advertising to pay it's bill.
Apparently GAB and truth social etc are basically filled with the absolute dross of penny adverts for things like miracle cancer cures (at least until the FDA becomes aware of them and goes after them), gold sales and doomsday supplies (freeze dried food, spare sprigs for your AR15 etc).
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That thread was absolutely trash and most of it was from the same people that love to try and cause offense.
Caporegime
Hasn't he?
Jeez Andrew your twitter names a bit much!
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Did the Twitter link have anything to do with the deletion of it?
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I think the thread was found via google. The people upset by it then called out OC via twitter. Then the thread got canned.
Just trying to figure out why people on Twitter have this unique power to get things cancelled, do you just need a Rainbow flag in your bio and blue hair and immediately any company will bow down to your will?
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Got nothing to do with Twitter really as it's all quickly accessible social media which companies can't just ignore like with individual complaints that go through ridiculous internal processes.
A single link that disparages your product/decision/statement that can be shared to your entire potential market terrifies corporates who thought they could skimp on PR/customer support.
Soldato
I think it would be best for Twitter to be more transparent when it comes to reporting posts. They should create an easier process for people looking to bring criminal or civil cases to have faster access to the data they need.
Free speech means you can type most things. But you should be held legally responsible for whatever you post.
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There will always be advertisers around when millions of people are on the platform.
Being held "legally responsible" simply for typing or saying words isn't free speech, why do you think it is?
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Not advertisers that are willing to spend $4.5b a year when their products are next to posts that are toxic to just about any brand other than My Pillow and Alex Jones miracle supplements.
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