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Twitter should have suspended Trump's account (and many others) a long time ago. That they haven't suggests they're more concerned with a loss of traffic than i

• Drunkfoowl 6y ago
  This is the only answer that is true. Twitter is prioritizing traffic. It's not hard to understand why, it's just frustrating that it has gone this far. I miss the old internet. Social Media is a plague.
• nickthemagicman 6y ago
  I like that they're correcting him instead of banning him. I love that they're getting under his skin.
• MaxBarraclough 6y ago
  He was asked about this in a podcast. Episode 148 of Making Sense. The relevant discussion starts at 56:30 and runs for 15 minutes. Unfortunately the episode is not freely available. Dorsey talks about the 'public interest' of retaining Trump's rule-breaking tweets, how people can add their opinions, how it's expected that our leaders be 'extremely expressive', how it's a 'direct line to the people', how we can 'have a conversation about it'. I consider his response to be extremely weak sauce. All he's doing is giving excuses for his failure to consistently enforce Twitter's rules. It's difficult to avoid your conclusion that it's motivated by traffic.
  • psychometry 6y ago
    There's an enormous echo chamber of ignorance centered around Trump's Twitter account. That's a lot of ad impressions.
    • charwalker 6y ago
      And about 50% are bots. I understand non US citizens having a voice but manipulation by bots is clearly not conducive to public discourse.