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Perhaps you should unfollow those whose tweets you don't like. It isn't Twitter that is generating the content. Fully agreed and totally expected for people to

Perhaps you should unfollow those whose tweets you don't like. It isn't Twitter that is generating the content. Fully agreed and totally expected for people to do this. But Twitter is going so far as to ban people who haven't made threats, but that Twitter considers evil. EDIT: They're also shadowbanning many accounts of those who support Trump. Scott Adams recently switched his endorsement, and within a few days was shadowbanned.

candiodari 10y ago
Example: http://blog.dilbert.com/post/151301555066/the-week-i-became-a-target http://blog.dilbert.com/post/151301555066/the-week-i-became-... Hacker News does the same, incidentally: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6060954 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6060954 I always found that weird about the American system. "Free speech" on the one hand, and yet extreme reactions to political opinions everywhere. You regularly find Americans who publicly declare that they won't work with people with particular opinions. It switches which side is the one overtly silencing the other, which is also weird. When I was a teenager, it was definitely republicans silencing people, and yet today, not so much. Very weird.
- skylan_q 10y ago
  It wouldn't bother me as much if Twitter was small-fry. But in some cases they even see themselves as a public utility. Imagine not being allowed a bus ride because of your party affiliation!
- DanBC 10y ago
  That post is years old. Dang has said that they rarely use shadow banning any more. Here's one comment where he says this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12205161#12208276 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12205161#12208276 > I think it means the same thing as shadow banning. We have largely phased that out, except for spammers and serial trolls. For the most part we tell people that we banned them by posting a reply to one of their comments, and when they seem rehabilitable (I suppose that's not a word?) we invite them to email hn@ycombinator.com if they want to be unbanned.
DanBC 10y ago
> They're also shadowbanning many accounts of those who support Trump. Scott Adams recently switched his endorsement, and within a few days was shadowbanned. More accurately, that's the reason Scott Adams gives. Twitter hasn't (as far as I know) responded yet. Since Adams is known to use sock-puppets there might be something else going on. Why would Twitter ban trump supporters and not all the other really vile people infesting twitter?
- skylan_q 10y ago
  Why would Twitter ban trump supporters and not all the other really vile people infesting twitter? Because they work for the Clintons and Saudi Arabia.
  - DanBC 10y ago
    Neo Nazis work for the Clintons?
    - skylan_q 10y ago
      Check who owns Twitter.
koolba 10y ago
> EDIT: They're also shadowbanning many accounts of those who support Trump. Scott Adams recently switched his endorsement, and within a few days was shadowbanned. His original "endorsement" of Hillary was driven by fear of being physically injured or killed due to his support of Trump[1]. He's been pro-Trump from the beginning. [1]: http://blog.dilbert.com/post/145456082991/my-endorsement-for-president-of-the-united-states http://blog.dilbert.com/post/145456082991/my-endorsement-for...
- skylan_q 10y ago
  Oh I know this. It did go over most people's heads and many thought he was serious about his Clinton endorsement. He then "came out" for Trump.
coldtea 10y ago
>They're also shadowbanning many accounts of those who support Trump. How about: they just have some BS department/AI that shadowbans based on user complaints etc, and they do a lousy job at it? Here's the same result, without the conspiracy part.

candiodari 10y ago

Example: http://blog.dilbert.com/post/151301555066/the-week-i-became-a-target http://blog.dilbert.com/post/151301555066/the-week-i-became-... Hacker News does the same, incidentally: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6060954 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6060954 I always found that weird about the American system. "Free speech" on the one hand, and yet extreme reactions to political opinions everywhere. You regularly find Americans who publicly declare that they won't work with people with particular opinions. It switches which side is the one overtly silencing the other, which is also weird. When I was a teenager, it was definitely republicans silencing people, and yet today, not so much. Very weird.

skylan_q 10y ago
It wouldn't bother me as much if Twitter was small-fry. But in some cases they even see themselves as a public utility. Imagine not being allowed a bus ride because of your party affiliation!
DanBC 10y ago
That post is years old. Dang has said that they rarely use shadow banning any more. Here's one comment where he says this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12205161#12208276 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12205161#12208276 > I think it means the same thing as shadow banning. We have largely phased that out, except for spammers and serial trolls. For the most part we tell people that we banned them by posting a reply to one of their comments, and when they seem rehabilitable (I suppose that's not a word?) we invite them to email hn@ycombinator.com if they want to be unbanned.

DanBC 10y ago

> They're also shadowbanning many accounts of those who support Trump. Scott Adams recently switched his endorsement, and within a few days was shadowbanned. More accurately, that's the reason Scott Adams gives. Twitter hasn't (as far as I know) responded yet. Since Adams is known to use sock-puppets there might be something else going on. Why would Twitter ban trump supporters and not all the other really vile people infesting twitter?

skylan_q 10y ago
Why would Twitter ban trump supporters and not all the other really vile people infesting twitter? Because they work for the Clintons and Saudi Arabia.
- DanBC 10y ago
  Neo Nazis work for the Clintons?
  - skylan_q 10y ago
    Check who owns Twitter.

koolba 10y ago

> EDIT: They're also shadowbanning many accounts of those who support Trump. Scott Adams recently switched his endorsement, and within a few days was shadowbanned. His original "endorsement" of Hillary was driven by fear of being physically injured or killed due to his support of Trump[1]. He's been pro-Trump from the beginning. [1]: http://blog.dilbert.com/post/145456082991/my-endorsement-for-president-of-the-united-states http://blog.dilbert.com/post/145456082991/my-endorsement-for...

skylan_q 10y ago
Oh I know this. It did go over most people's heads and many thought he was serious about his Clinton endorsement. He then "came out" for Trump.

coldtea 10y ago

>They're also shadowbanning many accounts of those who support Trump. How about: they just have some BS department/AI that shadowbans based on user complaints etc, and they do a lousy job at it? Here's the same result, without the conspiracy part.