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Some of Twitter's users are more equal than others when it comes to bans. I don't think they are concerned about blowback from false positives from spam account
by adriveatrain 8y ago
Some of Twitter's users are more equal than others when it comes to bans. I don't think they are concerned about blowback from false positives from spam accounts.
e.g.
"Learn to code" was tweeted at me by a sketchy account. I reported it as abusive behavior as part of targeted harassment. Twitter suspended the account within 20 minutes.
Journalists if they tweet "learn to code" at you don't stay silent, take a moment to report it. https://t.co/RXgqqV2ptw https://t.co/RXgqqV2ptw
— Ben Popken (@bpopken) February 1, 2019
- pacerwpg 8y agoIt could also be that accounts that take part in harassment/harassment adjacent behavior may already have a few strikes against them for similar things.
- untog 8y agoI wouldn't consider that a typical example given that the whole "learn to code" thing was a targeted harassment campaign. Not difficult to imagine that in that timeframe Twitter had prioritised investigating and banning users who were participating in it.
- adriveatrain 8y agoThey didn't extend such protections to schoolchild Nick Sandmann "#MAGAkids go screaming, hats first, into the woodchipper"
- untog 8y agoProbably because there was no coordinated harassment campaign, and he isn't even on Twitter. But sure, keep up the false equivalence.
- adriveatrain 8y agoWho was co-ordinating the tweeting of "Learn to code" at Ben Popken? Perhaps I can put it another way "I don’t believe that we can afford to take a neutral stance anymore. I don’t believe that we should optimize for neutrality." - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Feb 5 2019
- untog 8y ago4chan. I mean, the threads are all public, it seems exceptionally stupid to claim it wasn't happening.
- adriveatrain 8y agoAnd he got 1 response. Not very effective.
- untog 8y agoWhat are you gibbering on about?
- adriveatrain 8y agoWhat would you call this highly publicised and still present Tweet from CNN presenter, Kathy Griffin, I wonder [1] > Name these kids. I want NAMES. Shame them. If you think these fuckers wouldn’t dox you in a heartbeat, think again. [1] https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/1086927762634399744 https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/1086927762634399744
- untog 8y agoI would call it a single abusive tweet. Not a coordinated campaign, not specifically targeted at any Twitter user. This isn't complex.
- adriveatrain 8y agoSuggesting people tweet "learn to code" at journalists wasn't specifically targeting Ben Popken