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I feel as if I am missing some background that this blog post is responding to. Can HNers fill in the blanks a little?

connorelsea 9y ago
A large number of twitter users frequently advocate for the removal of donald trump, twitter ignored it until now but basically just officially responded "no"
ceejayoz 9y ago
People have been suspended from Twitter and required to delete posts for pretty mild, joking stuff like "we should get rid of men", but Trump has not. @jack has stated a few times that Trump gets exempted from the rules because of the "newsworthiness" of his tweets - this just makes that official. Example: @Popehat got suspended for posting screenshots of someone abusing him: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170803/16341437919/twitter-suspends-popehat-writing-about-violent-threats-he-received-another-twitter-user.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170803/16341437919/twitt... Example: This guy got suspended for killing a mosquito: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41097947 http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41097947
- nailer 9y ago
  Popehat got suspended for doxxing. See the screenshot in your link. The person is abusing him, and should also be banned, but doxxing is bad. Mosquito ban sounds like a natural language mistake - only a human would understand the subject he's threatening to kill is the mosquito pictured, and your link confirms Twitter said it was a mistake. Obviously Twitter should enforce rules for sex and racial discrimination. Joking doesn't make those things OK. Trump is a military leader - making threats, like any military and police person, is part of their job. Would you support banning Barack Obama for threatening Assad?
  - adrianratnapala 9y ago
    If I am reading that right, somone threatened Popehat, and Popehat blogged about the threat. And you are calling that "doxing"???
    - nailer 9y ago
      See the tweet in the link above - Popehat published the person's phone number and physical address. The person is an asshole but Popehat shouldn't have done that. https://imgur.com/0gIrajl https://imgur.com/0gIrajl
      - ceejayoz 9y ago
        He published the business address and phone number of a lawyer. Calling publishing a screenshot of a threat sent voluntarily with that person's contact info as a signature "doxxing" is pretty weird.
        nailer 9y ago
        Introducing non-Twitter contact details for someone you're having an argument with on Twitter is doxxing. The contact details were sent to Popehat, not to all Popehat's followers. Pretending it shouldn't count in this case for some unspecified reason is weird.

A large number of twitter users frequently advocate for the removal of donald trump, twitter ignored it until now but basically just officially responded "no"

ceejayoz 9y ago

People have been suspended from Twitter and required to delete posts for pretty mild, joking stuff like "we should get rid of men", but Trump has not. @jack has stated a few times that Trump gets exempted from the rules because of the "newsworthiness" of his tweets - this just makes that official. Example: @Popehat got suspended for posting screenshots of someone abusing him: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170803/16341437919/twitter-suspends-popehat-writing-about-violent-threats-he-received-another-twitter-user.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170803/16341437919/twitt... Example: This guy got suspended for killing a mosquito: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41097947 http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41097947

nailer 9y ago
Popehat got suspended for doxxing. See the screenshot in your link. The person is abusing him, and should also be banned, but doxxing is bad. Mosquito ban sounds like a natural language mistake - only a human would understand the subject he's threatening to kill is the mosquito pictured, and your link confirms Twitter said it was a mistake. Obviously Twitter should enforce rules for sex and racial discrimination. Joking doesn't make those things OK. Trump is a military leader - making threats, like any military and police person, is part of their job. Would you support banning Barack Obama for threatening Assad?
- adrianratnapala 9y ago
  If I am reading that right, somone threatened Popehat, and Popehat blogged about the threat. And you are calling that "doxing"???
  - nailer 9y ago
    See the tweet in the link above - Popehat published the person's phone number and physical address. The person is an asshole but Popehat shouldn't have done that. https://imgur.com/0gIrajl https://imgur.com/0gIrajl
    - ceejayoz 9y ago
      He published the business address and phone number of a lawyer. Calling publishing a screenshot of a threat sent voluntarily with that person's contact info as a signature "doxxing" is pretty weird.
      - nailer 9y ago
        Introducing non-Twitter contact details for someone you're having an argument with on Twitter is doxxing. The contact details were sent to Popehat, not to all Popehat's followers. Pretending it shouldn't count in this case for some unspecified reason is weird.