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Gab aren't Nazis.

nl 9y ago
And Twitter don't favor the left. If they favored the left then they would have implemented much stronger anti-harassment policies a long time ago. Instead the greatest sin you can do is dox someone, which will get you banned forever. To make it clear: On Twitter, you can have a Swastika for an avatar, and post oven memes while tagging Jewish members and you won't get banned. OTOH, if you unmask one of the people posting those memes you will get banned. I'm not sure what political stand that is, but it doesn't seem particularly left (or right!) wing to me.
- leereeves 9y ago
  > Twitter don't favor the left. Of course they favor the left. The founder even said he was sorry about Twitter helping elect Trump.
  - nl 9y ago
    There are plenty on the right who say the same thing. Some are even members of the Republican party and in Congress.
    - leereeves 9y ago
      How many donated a million dollars to Obama? http://www.ebony.com/news-views/obama-foundation-tech-billionaires http://www.ebony.com/news-views/obama-foundation-tech-billio...
      - nl 9y ago
        You realize that is after Obama left office, right? My argument isn't that Evan William's doesn't have political opinions. It is that Twitter's policies don't reflect them. Your point was: > They're [Twitter] firmly on the left and banning their political opponents. I'm sure you can point to many right-leaning commentators who have been banned, and I can point to many left-learning. But as far as I can see they don't ban people for political views, instead they bad them for specific behaviors; specifically direct threats or doxing.
        leereeves 9y ago
        I'm not talking about Twitter's actions here. I don't know everyone they've banned so I can't tell if they are biased. I'm talking about Gab being right-wing and therefore banned by Apple and Google, while Twitter, which also hosts hate speech, is not banned, because they are left-wing.
        nl 9y ago
        > Of course they favor the left. The founder even said he was sorry about Twitter helping elect Trump. > How many donated a million dollars to Obama? [Twitter founder Evan Williams] > I'm not talking about Twitter's actions here. Hu?
        leereeves 9y ago
        I mean, I'm talking about Twitter's politics, not their bans. They get away with hosting hate speech because they're on the left. Meanwhile, another platform that's on the right is banned by Apple and Google with that excuse.

Gab aren't Nazis.

nl 9y ago

And Twitter don't favor the left. If they favored the left then they would have implemented much stronger anti-harassment policies a long time ago. Instead the greatest sin you can do is dox someone, which will get you banned forever. To make it clear: On Twitter, you can have a Swastika for an avatar, and post oven memes while tagging Jewish members and you won't get banned. OTOH, if you unmask one of the people posting those memes you will get banned. I'm not sure what political stand that is, but it doesn't seem particularly left (or right!) wing to me.

leereeves 9y ago
> Twitter don't favor the left. Of course they favor the left. The founder even said he was sorry about Twitter helping elect Trump.
- nl 9y ago
  There are plenty on the right who say the same thing. Some are even members of the Republican party and in Congress.
  - leereeves 9y ago
    How many donated a million dollars to Obama? http://www.ebony.com/news-views/obama-foundation-tech-billionaires http://www.ebony.com/news-views/obama-foundation-tech-billio...
    - nl 9y ago
      You realize that is after Obama left office, right? My argument isn't that Evan William's doesn't have political opinions. It is that Twitter's policies don't reflect them. Your point was: > They're [Twitter] firmly on the left and banning their political opponents. I'm sure you can point to many right-leaning commentators who have been banned, and I can point to many left-learning. But as far as I can see they don't ban people for political views, instead they bad them for specific behaviors; specifically direct threats or doxing.
      - leereeves 9y ago
        I'm not talking about Twitter's actions here. I don't know everyone they've banned so I can't tell if they are biased. I'm talking about Gab being right-wing and therefore banned by Apple and Google, while Twitter, which also hosts hate speech, is not banned, because they are left-wing.
        nl 9y ago
        > Of course they favor the left. The founder even said he was sorry about Twitter helping elect Trump. > How many donated a million dollars to Obama? [Twitter founder Evan Williams] > I'm not talking about Twitter's actions here. Hu?
        leereeves 9y ago
        I mean, I'm talking about Twitter's politics, not their bans. They get away with hosting hate speech because they're on the left. Meanwhile, another platform that's on the right is banned by Apple and Google with that excuse.