>Why is it so hard to codify “Don’t be a dick”? Because everyone that tweets more than once a week would be banned. Twitter's KPIs are tied to keeping the ete

>Why is it so hard to codify “Don’t be a dick”? Because everyone that tweets more than once a week would be banned. Twitter's KPIs are tied to keeping the eternal flamewar alive. They need people emotionally engaged and saying thing they would decide against posting if forced into a 10-minute cool down period. Their moderation problem isn't that they're fighting a wildfire. They're trying to protect a few acres while torching the rest.