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The people complaining about censorship aren’t concerned about the removal of bots. They’re concerned about a pattern of behavior from twitter whereby they shad
by mcfly1985 6y ago
The people complaining about censorship aren’t concerned about the removal of bots. They’re concerned about a pattern of behavior from twitter whereby they shadowban, remove, and editorialize viewpoints that don’t agree with the Valley’s ideology.
- Simulacra 6y agoGood point and I agree, but perhaps the accusation that it’s a corporate mandate is unfair, when it’s just a lot of rogue actors.
- hanniabu 6y agoAlternatively, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the censorship complaints came from bots or people deploying bots that aren't happy they're being caught.
- DagAgren 6y ago"The Valley's ideology" is to drag your feet, do as little as humanly possible, and to make vapid appeals to freedom of speech rather than do anything about rampant, massive-scale abuse of their services causing real and actual harm to people and society in general.
- Veelox 6y agoI know this isn't what you intended to say but it what your statement implies is that everyone who disagrees is uncaring, idiotic, or evil. It might do you well to spend some time finding people to respect on the other side and listen to why they advocate for things you find so distasteful.
- idreyn 6y agoI am trying to follow this supposed implication but I don't see the jump from "the valley" to "everyone who disagrees" and also from "dragging feet" and "making vapid appeals" to "idiotic and evil".
- Veelox 6y agoI will agree it's a bit of a stretch and I pattern matched to other arguments I have seen but "massive-scale abuse" and "real and actual harm" is language that presupposes a negative moral judgement about what is happening.
- DagAgren 6y agoYou think it is worth debating whether massive troll farms spreading misinformation and stoking hatred and division on a nation-state scale is good or bad?
- herval 6y agoNone of these claims is real. “shadowbanning” doesnt exist, and that has been proven many times over. They also don’t remove any content that doesn’t infringe the TOS. This “valley ideology” nonsense is pure propaganda.
- mcfly1985 6y ago> None of these claims is real. Dude, you can’t even form a grammatically correct sentence.