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Apart from the title, I do not see any argument why Twitter is a to-be-replaced social network. Personnaly, I see it as a wonderful way to keep track of the top

by lolive 8y ago

Apart from the title, I do not see any argument why Twitter is a to-be-replaced social network. Personnaly, I see it as a wonderful way to keep track of the topics of interest of people I do not know personnally. Plus I can comment, and these people can comment back. Sounds good to me.

jonshariat 8y ago
If you haven't been following it, the issue is not dealing with racists, calls for violence, hate speech, bullying, etc. There have been major clear cases and they refuse to act.
- minieggs 8y ago
  They've chosen to act w/ private accounts, muted accounts, muted words, and blocked accounts. Personally, I find muted words a powerful feature but perhaps my story is a bit different as I don't find myself targeted by hate too often (ever). I'm hesitant to believe kicking accounts off the platform is a great solve. Does any social media platform take part in shadow banning? How has that worked out?
  - sli 8y ago
    > Does any social media platform take part in shadow banning? How has that worked out? Reddit does, but I don't know how well it actually works since everyone is aware of it and can easily detect when they've been shadowbanned by simply using a second account.
    - Mindwipe 8y ago
      Even Reddit's CEO has said that their shadowbanning approach is terrible and he wants rid of it but they haven't had time to build anything better yet.
partiallypro 8y ago
Twitter isn't going anywhere, it is far and above the most powerful social network. Because it's a raw data stream. As long as Jack doesn't kill it, it will live and be relevant for ages. There is no social media platform that is better for news and interacting with news makers...staying relevant to internet trends, etc. None are even close.
puranjay 8y ago
I like following people on Twitter. But man, the moment you open the comments to their tweets, I want to nope out of there completely. Twitter's community is incredibly toxic

by lolive 8y ago

jonshariat 8y ago

If you haven't been following it, the issue is not dealing with racists, calls for violence, hate speech, bullying, etc. There have been major clear cases and they refuse to act.

minieggs 8y ago
They've chosen to act w/ private accounts, muted accounts, muted words, and blocked accounts. Personally, I find muted words a powerful feature but perhaps my story is a bit different as I don't find myself targeted by hate too often (ever). I'm hesitant to believe kicking accounts off the platform is a great solve. Does any social media platform take part in shadow banning? How has that worked out?
- sli 8y ago
  > Does any social media platform take part in shadow banning? How has that worked out? Reddit does, but I don't know how well it actually works since everyone is aware of it and can easily detect when they've been shadowbanned by simply using a second account.
  - Mindwipe 8y ago
    Even Reddit's CEO has said that their shadowbanning approach is terrible and he wants rid of it but they haven't had time to build anything better yet.

partiallypro 8y ago

Twitter isn't going anywhere, it is far and above the most powerful social network. Because it's a raw data stream. As long as Jack doesn't kill it, it will live and be relevant for ages. There is no social media platform that is better for news and interacting with news makers...staying relevant to internet trends, etc. None are even close.

puranjay 8y ago

I like following people on Twitter. But man, the moment you open the comments to their tweets, I want to nope out of there completely. Twitter's community is incredibly toxic