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> But if someone criticises a feminist or other "liberal" group, they are likely to get banned. Dude, have you been on Twitter? This happens constantly and acc

> But if someone criticises a feminist or other "liberal" group, they are likely to get banned. Dude, have you been on Twitter? This happens constantly and accounts aren't banned.

cyphar 10y ago
No, I've never been on Twitter. I make up all of my opinions on the spot. It's not like Twitter's "Trust and Safety Council" is made up predominantly of "liberals"[1], and their entire purpose is to decide what accounts should be banned and how the process of "keeping people safe" should be done (thus introducing massive bias, especially since many of the members have shown that even disagreements are considered some level of harassment). Everything is going great. [1]: https://about.twitter.com/safety/council https://about.twitter.com/safety/council
- odonnellryan 10y ago
  Why do you even care? This isn't some kind of liberal conspiracy. It is people who lead a company deciding what they want their platform to be. If you want a platform of alt-right trolls go on the_donald or 4chan.
  - cyphar 10y ago
    > Why do you even care? I honestly don't care all that much about Twitter. If Twitter wants to run their website into the ground by pandering to a vocal minority, that's their business (I've never liked Twitter anyway and preferred GNU Social et al). It's just a bit frustrating when people go full Orwell and suddenly redefine "harassment" to mean "disagreement" and various other definition changes. > If you want a platform of alt-right trolls go on the_donald or 4chan. Ah yes, I don't like a certain group of liberals because they act in an authoritarian way and therefore I'm part of the "alt-right". That makes perfect sense.
    - odonnellryan 10y ago
      > It's just a bit frustrating when people go full Orwell and suddenly redefine "harassment" to mean "disagreement" and various other definition changes. It's tough. So, at the end of the day, Twitter doesn't want certain content on their platform. Milo was determined to be that content. Twitter didn't say he was harassing people, they were extremely vague about it. > Ah yes, I don't like a certain group of liberals because they act in an authoritarian way and therefore I'm part of the "alt-right". That makes perfect sense. I didn't say you were part of the alt-right: just that if you want the kind of stuff that Milo was spewing those are the places for it, not Twitter (by their own decision.) > GNU Social It's not like if it has "GNU" in the title it's instantly a completely-free platform.

> But if someone criticises a feminist or other "liberal" group, they are likely to get banned. Dude, have you been on Twitter? This happens constantly and accounts aren't banned.

cyphar 10y ago

No, I've never been on Twitter. I make up all of my opinions on the spot. It's not like Twitter's "Trust and Safety Council" is made up predominantly of "liberals"[1], and their entire purpose is to decide what accounts should be banned and how the process of "keeping people safe" should be done (thus introducing massive bias, especially since many of the members have shown that even disagreements are considered some level of harassment). Everything is going great. [1]: https://about.twitter.com/safety/council https://about.twitter.com/safety/council

odonnellryan 10y ago
Why do you even care? This isn't some kind of liberal conspiracy. It is people who lead a company deciding what they want their platform to be. If you want a platform of alt-right trolls go on the_donald or 4chan.
- cyphar 10y ago
  > Why do you even care? I honestly don't care all that much about Twitter. If Twitter wants to run their website into the ground by pandering to a vocal minority, that's their business (I've never liked Twitter anyway and preferred GNU Social et al). It's just a bit frustrating when people go full Orwell and suddenly redefine "harassment" to mean "disagreement" and various other definition changes. > If you want a platform of alt-right trolls go on the_donald or 4chan. Ah yes, I don't like a certain group of liberals because they act in an authoritarian way and therefore I'm part of the "alt-right". That makes perfect sense.
  - odonnellryan 10y ago
    > It's just a bit frustrating when people go full Orwell and suddenly redefine "harassment" to mean "disagreement" and various other definition changes. It's tough. So, at the end of the day, Twitter doesn't want certain content on their platform. Milo was determined to be that content. Twitter didn't say he was harassing people, they were extremely vague about it. > Ah yes, I don't like a certain group of liberals because they act in an authoritarian way and therefore I'm part of the "alt-right". That makes perfect sense. I didn't say you were part of the alt-right: just that if you want the kind of stuff that Milo was spewing those are the places for it, not Twitter (by their own decision.) > GNU Social It's not like if it has "GNU" in the title it's instantly a completely-free platform.