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Right. We're all equal but some people are more equal than others. So it's OK they're above the rules for commoners. Twitter is rationalizing their unequal tre
by tagrun 7y ago
Right. We're all equal but some people are more equal than others. So it's OK they're above the rules for commoners.
Twitter is rationalizing their unequal treatment of people for the sake of their network traffic and $$$, but what's amazing is people are actually buying this.
I wonder how those same people would rationalize their opposition to other outrageous situations like universities saying "professors can say racist things in the university press and classroom because there is public interest in their words", "CEOs of big international corporations can do hate speech because there is world wide public interest", "it's OK for evil governments to stream threats and false narratives because there is public interest" etc.
- Aperocky 7y agoIt's not twitter, it's how the society ran for past 5 millenias. When the rules gets too inconvenient, we bend them or add a small attache that removes a portion of that rule. Like the Congress, except that our legislature are elected and not influenced by monetary gains. wait ..
- throwawayxrr2 7y agoAnyone with a verified account gets away with incitement and harassment on a scale that lesser accounts would be sanctioned for. In the one case I saw where a verified account was sanctioned, their friends (actually I suspect its a paid Tweet ring) rallied their hundreds of thousands of supporters. Given that journalists rely heavily on Twitter (its true source of power), they can amplify this outrage. Twitter is held hostage by its power users.
- jfnixon 7y agoYou misspelled “bank account.”
- harlanji 7y agoI got mobbed and threatened with violence from none other than the leaders of the Bay Area Clojure meetup, published author(s), and found my Twitter account instantly suspended on Muni home—guessing somebody in the group knew somebody inside the big T to make the suspension happen, or they just got a big mass of reports in. I was physically at the Meetup when these calls for violence were happening, unbeknownst to me since I don’t use my mobile while at meetups, but it explains some if the eratic behavior. I don’t know where to begin seeking recourse, this was earlier this year. It’s terrifying, indeed.
- freshbagels 7y agoWow, this sounds insane. Do you mind sharing the backstory?
- cityzen 7y agoFirst word that came to my mind was “Right.” Was happy to see that as the top comment.
- skybrian 7y agoThis is sort of like "If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the banks' problem." There is a level of power where an attempt at deplatforming would hurt the platform more than the politician, in part because they will make national news wherever they post. Expecting Twitter to pretend people are equal breaks down at the extreme end of the scale.