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This article is at least 3 years too late to be unique. I suggest anyone who feels the same way should switch to using the broadcast platform of the huge media

This article is at least 3 years too late to be unique. I suggest anyone who feels the same way should switch to using the broadcast platform of the huge media platform they work for to opine to their many followers-- oh wait... Promoting censorship is dangerous. Twitter is an option-- NOT a requirement. This is easily the 10th nearly identical article some arrogant reporter has written about their choice not to use a social media service.

acjohnson55 10y ago
How dangerous is it, really? Most only communities have some form of moderation. And besides, I think that there really must be options for shaping the feed that reduce the ability for abuse to be magnified. See https://twitter.com/StateFarm/status/811603055762436096 https://twitter.com/StateFarm/status/811603055762436096 for an example of not doing that.
- vonklaus 10y ago
  Super dangerous! Sure twitter is a big private company it has the right to moderate content-- but should it. Reddit also moderates content. The NYC moderates content, sure the founding family "controls" editorial responsibility but does Carlos Slim mexican telecom magnate excert his >14% financial interest to "shape the feed". America is a community, yes we need "some form of moderation", but we enter into a very slippery slope when anybody but the community chooses what "moderation" means. Reddit is a decent example-- albeit still flawed; of how this can work. It is states right, sharding, seperation of concerns, or a subreddit type model where small microcosms choose what is acceptable. I dont agree with the KKK and hate speech is terrible, but if it is limited to speech I am all for it. I, like I assume many, will use my power to ostracize and dissiauade people from being hate mongering racists-- but it is helpful when I can identify who they are when they self-select to dress up like ghosts 365 days a year instead of just the end of october like many other Americans do. Edit: to be clear, I am all for free speech & freedom to organize-- not all for the kkk obviously...

acjohnson55 10y ago

How dangerous is it, really? Most only communities have some form of moderation. And besides, I think that there really must be options for shaping the feed that reduce the ability for abuse to be magnified. See https://twitter.com/StateFarm/status/811603055762436096 https://twitter.com/StateFarm/status/811603055762436096 for an example of not doing that.

vonklaus 10y ago
Super dangerous! Sure twitter is a big private company it has the right to moderate content-- but should it. Reddit also moderates content. The NYC moderates content, sure the founding family "controls" editorial responsibility but does Carlos Slim mexican telecom magnate excert his >14% financial interest to "shape the feed". America is a community, yes we need "some form of moderation", but we enter into a very slippery slope when anybody but the community chooses what "moderation" means. Reddit is a decent example-- albeit still flawed; of how this can work. It is states right, sharding, seperation of concerns, or a subreddit type model where small microcosms choose what is acceptable. I dont agree with the KKK and hate speech is terrible, but if it is limited to speech I am all for it. I, like I assume many, will use my power to ostracize and dissiauade people from being hate mongering racists-- but it is helpful when I can identify who they are when they self-select to dress up like ghosts 365 days a year instead of just the end of october like many other Americans do. Edit: to be clear, I am all for free speech & freedom to organize-- not all for the kkk obviously...