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Instead of rules, look at what's being censored and tell us if you agree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Twitter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cen

by dayon 11y ago

Instead of rules, look at what's being censored and tell us if you agree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Twitter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Twitter http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/censoring-twitter http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/censoring-... And so on.

coldpie 11y ago
I do not have any problems with Twitter's actions in the New Yorker article. I don't find "slippery slope" arguments persuasive when there is real harassment being committed right now. I don't think the wikipedia link is relevant to this conversation; it seems to be about state censorship. The "Controversy" section as it's written now is obviously not NPOV and cites no sources.
elcapitan 11y ago
Exactly. Give them the tools and they'll censor whatever the fashion of the day calls offensive.
- coldpie 11y ago
  I know! It starts when you can't call a woman a slut, threaten her life, and post her private details and nude pictures on Twitter, and then before you know it you can't print out her picture, ejaculate onto it, and mail the soiled photo to her family[1]. What a crazy world we're headed towards. [1] Why yes, this does actually happen. Harassment on the Internet is no joke. http://blog.unburntwitch.com/post/139084743809/why-i-just-dropped-the-harassment-charges-the-man http://blog.unburntwitch.com/post/139084743809/why-i-just-dr...
  - elcapitan 11y ago
    Exactly! So let's just pick that one thing, and then invent some "guidelines" that totally won't prevent anything like that ever, but allow you to arbitrarily censor people with the wrong opinions. Awesome! War against "harrassment", mission accomplished!
    - nommm-nommm 11y ago
      Entitlement generation. I don't have a problem with Twitter "arbitrarily censor[ing] people with the wrong opinions." Its their platform and they don't have to give a voice to everyone who has one, they can do whatever they please and promote any agenda they want. That is their choice. If you don't like Twitter's rules you're free to start your own site, or write a book. Nobody is entitled to use someone else's site any way they wish.
      - PKop 11y ago
        People are bringing this up to say that it could annoy many users and chase them away, as well as limit their user growth, not that they don't have the right to do it. Bad business decision, in other words.

by dayon 11y ago

coldpie 11y ago

I do not have any problems with Twitter's actions in the New Yorker article. I don't find "slippery slope" arguments persuasive when there is real harassment being committed right now. I don't think the wikipedia link is relevant to this conversation; it seems to be about state censorship. The "Controversy" section as it's written now is obviously not NPOV and cites no sources.

elcapitan 11y ago

Exactly. Give them the tools and they'll censor whatever the fashion of the day calls offensive.

coldpie 11y ago
I know! It starts when you can't call a woman a slut, threaten her life, and post her private details and nude pictures on Twitter, and then before you know it you can't print out her picture, ejaculate onto it, and mail the soiled photo to her family[1]. What a crazy world we're headed towards. [1] Why yes, this does actually happen. Harassment on the Internet is no joke. http://blog.unburntwitch.com/post/139084743809/why-i-just-dropped-the-harassment-charges-the-man http://blog.unburntwitch.com/post/139084743809/why-i-just-dr...
- elcapitan 11y ago
  Exactly! So let's just pick that one thing, and then invent some "guidelines" that totally won't prevent anything like that ever, but allow you to arbitrarily censor people with the wrong opinions. Awesome! War against "harrassment", mission accomplished!
  - nommm-nommm 11y ago
    Entitlement generation. I don't have a problem with Twitter "arbitrarily censor[ing] people with the wrong opinions." Its their platform and they don't have to give a voice to everyone who has one, they can do whatever they please and promote any agenda they want. That is their choice. If you don't like Twitter's rules you're free to start your own site, or write a book. Nobody is entitled to use someone else's site any way they wish.
    - PKop 11y ago
      People are bringing this up to say that it could annoy many users and chase them away, as well as limit their user growth, not that they don't have the right to do it. Bad business decision, in other words.