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Is this a reason to not block them?
by lazugod 9y ago
Is this a reason to not block them?
- ianai 9y agoSounds like a great reason to block them. Can we just shut down twitter already? It seems like something made for marketing purposes that was pushed on people and wound up harmful. (Granted, that’s not practical.)
- beedogs 9y agoI'd be happy with that if we also got rid of Facebook and Reddit.
- Cyph0n 9y agoWhat's wrong with Reddit? If you're talking about the "default" config, then yes, it sucks. But if you curate the subreddits you follow, you can end up with a news aggregator that is superior to HN... Furthermore, the more specific the subreddit, the more in depth the discussions become.
- scottmf 9y agoYou could say the same about Twitter and Facebook.
- Cyph0n 9y agoTwitter is not an effective discussion platform imo. Facebook, in my experience at least, makes it pretty damned hard to find active, technical communities.
- jdminhbg 9y ago> Twitter is not an effective discussion platform imo. It doesn't need to be effective for discussion to be valuable. It can be an effective broadcast platform, or research platform, or...
- beedogs 9y agoThe problem with Reddit is that it's full of white supremacists who migrated over from /pol/ in 2016 and took up residence. The admins have been aware of the problem for two years but haven't cared enough to do anything about it.
- jpindar 9y agoWhy can't you just not use Twitter, and leave it to those of us who like it?
- ianai 9y agoBecause we tried that to disasterous results.
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- chrononaut 9y agoWhile there are issues with Twitter not doing enough to ban bots, the platform is a festinating example of the complexity of balancing free speech and censorship.