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I fail to see how anything about twitter has any national security implications. Idiots following idiots following idiots.

jimktrains2 6y ago
The president had made official communications first, and perhaps only via Twitter and has claimed it is an official channel for the president. There have been a few times people have found out about being fired or policies announced via Twitter with very little follow up to the people on the ground. For example, if Trump's account had tweet something akin to "all us borders and ports are closed" it would be expected for all border agents to immediately close ports of entry, as similar happened during the original travel ban.
rossdavidh 6y ago
Well, for example, the claim is that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had their Twitter accounts hacked as well. You could easily have put words in their mouth that would tip the electoral balance, especially if it happened a few months from now. Being able to discredit a candidate, or confuse their followers, has national security implications.
- SmokeyHamster 6y ago
  Eh, not really. According to this (https://www.omnicoreagency.com/twitter-statistics/ https://www.omnicoreagency.com/twitter-statistics/), "There are 48.35 million monthly active Twitter users in the US." That means the vast majority of Americans do not use Twitter. And according to this (https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-twitter-users/ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-tw...), about 80% of the tweets are made by 10% of the users, and most of them are disproportionately young Democrats. So Twitter is an echochamber within an echochamber. Were Biden's or Obama's accounts to be hacked, the only effect it would have would likely be with only the extreme fringe of the party. Most Democrats, and virtually all Republicans, would never see it.
netsharc 6y ago
Have you seen the team that runs the country? Idiots with militaries behind them (with generals who are too chickenshit/dumb to defy orders) are still deadly.

jimktrains2 6y ago

The president had made official communications first, and perhaps only via Twitter and has claimed it is an official channel for the president. There have been a few times people have found out about being fired or policies announced via Twitter with very little follow up to the people on the ground. For example, if Trump's account had tweet something akin to "all us borders and ports are closed" it would be expected for all border agents to immediately close ports of entry, as similar happened during the original travel ban.

rossdavidh 6y ago

Well, for example, the claim is that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had their Twitter accounts hacked as well. You could easily have put words in their mouth that would tip the electoral balance, especially if it happened a few months from now. Being able to discredit a candidate, or confuse their followers, has national security implications.

SmokeyHamster 6y ago
Eh, not really. According to this (https://www.omnicoreagency.com/twitter-statistics/ https://www.omnicoreagency.com/twitter-statistics/), "There are 48.35 million monthly active Twitter users in the US." That means the vast majority of Americans do not use Twitter. And according to this (https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-twitter-users/ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-tw...), about 80% of the tweets are made by 10% of the users, and most of them are disproportionately young Democrats. So Twitter is an echochamber within an echochamber. Were Biden's or Obama's accounts to be hacked, the only effect it would have would likely be with only the extreme fringe of the party. Most Democrats, and virtually all Republicans, would never see it.

netsharc 6y ago

Have you seen the team that runs the country? Idiots with militaries behind them (with generals who are too chickenshit/dumb to defy orders) are still deadly.