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Is the issue is whether the official reads someone's messages, or whether their critic's messages show up for others to see?

• ThrustVectoring 8y ago
  Almost certainly the latter. That's why people sued over getting blocked by Trump - it prevents folks from making themselves more famous via posting sick burns in the replies to Trump tweets. I'd be surprised if Trump reads any replies to his tweets whatsoever.
  • nathan_long 8y ago
    > it prevents folks from making themselves more famous via posting sick burns in the replies to Trump tweets That's a rather cynical take. Imagine a politician you disagree with - be they a fascist, communist, libertarian, or whatever - tweeting something blatantly false. And imagine that they block replies by everyone who contradicts them, making their replies a chorus of agreement. Wouldn't that seem to be an impediment to civil discourse?
    • ThrustVectoring 8y ago
      Yeah, it would. And it'd be a great case for a non-profit centered around issues like that. It's just honestly difficult to justify spending tens of thousands of dollars of your own money on that lawsuit without getting some kind of angle out of it.
      • dragonwriter 8y ago
        > Yeah, it would. And it'd be a great case for a non-profit centered around issues like that. Indeed. https://knightcolumbia.org/content/knight-institute-v-trump-lawsuit-challenging-president-trumps-blocking-critics-twitter https://knightcolumbia.org/content/knight-institute-v-trump-...
• tptacek 8y ago
  The issue is whether any of the moderation activities for this Facebook "Page" were done under color of law (the courts held that they were), in which case those activities have to comply with the Constitution.