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Breitbart makes no claim to be a general platform for discussion. It is openly a place with a particular bent. Nobody is complaining about conservatives being
by gydfi 10y ago
Breitbart makes no claim to be a general platform for discussion. It is openly a place with a particular bent.
Nobody is complaining about conservatives being banned from Democratic Underground, they're complaining about conservatives being banned from twitter and facebook.
- ouid 10y agoCorrelation is not causality. The people getting banned from twitter are Republicans, but that is not necessarily why they are being banned. I'm sure you can find lots of alternative correlates with the kinds of profiles which are banned from twitter. Whereas on Breitbart you are explicitly banned for dissent, on twitter, there is only correlation.
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- vixen99 10y agoI'm curious. Presumably 'you' implies that dissenting comments are banned? Is there evidence to suggest this is an editorial policy? If it is, senior editor Milo Yiannopoulos has some difficult questions to answer. On the other hand, any publication with an angle will favor comments supporting that view simply because this is good for circulation and thereby survival. As an exception to this, I might mention WUWT, the sceptical climate site. You can find many (or at least a reasonable showing of) comments dissenting strongly from a pro-sceptic article.
- gydfi 10y agoUsually dissenting comments wind up banned on many sites for "trolling". Here on HN they tend up being banned with the excuse of "starting flamewars".