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Cloudflare set up a limit to what they allow or not so now they will have to fight where that limit is. It can become death by a thousand papercuts. Twitter al
by gaius 9y ago
Cloudflare set up a limit to what they allow or not so now they will have to fight where that limit is. It can become death by a thousand papercuts.
Twitter also enforces its policies very selectively, and seems to be getting away with it so far, but they are walking a tightrope. E.g. now violating the ToS is OK if it's "newsworthy" etc. Or how "Kill all X" will get you banned for some values of X but not others.
- MikusR 9y agoI think Twitter has not claimed they are content agnostic. That's the difference.
- NaliSauce 9y agoThere used to be a time when twitter tried to brand itself as "the free speech wing of the free speech party"[1]. Obviously they have changed their stance by quite a bit. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/21/twitter-free-speech-champion-selective-censor https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/21/twitter-f...
- tehwebguy 9y agoTwitter is a joke. I keep reporting accounts that call black people "nic gurr" to avoid being caught dropping actual N bombs and they are almost never banned. I guess Daily Active User KPI is more important! Edit - For anyone wondering about Trump's place on Twitter, he's not going anywhere. Twitter is extremely proud of his account and is using him in advertising in Japan: http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-ads-featuring-donald-trump-appear-in-japan-2017-4 http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-ads-featuring-donald-...
- TeMPOraL 9y ago> I keep reporting accounts that call black people "nic gurr" to avoid being caught dropping actual N bombs and they are almost never banned. This is a war you'll never win, though. People will keep inventing new combinations of characters as you ban the previously used ones.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoThat seems naive. It's impractical to technologically predict and exclude all undesirable letter combinations, but once humans get involved it's not hard to tell when someone is trying to slip the N-word. That's why there's a report button.
- pdkl95 9y ago> it's not hard to tell when someone is trying to slip the N-word Coded language like "states rights"[1][2] sill slips by a lot of people today. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics#United_St... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_8E3ENrKrQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_8E3ENrKrQ
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoPolitical opinions, however reprehensible, are a different thing than slurs.
- pdkl95 9y agoI suggest listening to the video [previous 2]. That political opinion is explicitly designed as a racial slur.
- ufufgztdjf 9y agoDonald Trump threatened to kill all North Koreans, a crime that contravenes international law and would, if executed, place him in league with such luminaries as Hitler and Pol Pot. He's still on Twitter.
- larrymcp 9y agoThe full quote was "The US has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea." The word "if" was probably the key factor here. Since his threat was conditional, that most likely puts it into a different category than outright threats.