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Sure there could be a checkbox somewhere to hide foul language, or even hide things that the progressive Twitter kids deem offensive (like "All lives matter" fo
by WClayFerguson 6y ago
Sure there could be a checkbox somewhere to hide foul language, or even hide things that the progressive Twitter kids deem offensive (like "All lives matter" for example),
...so people who want to live in an online safe-space can run with "Safe Space" mode on.
But AT&T can't cut service, nor cancel texts after sent, etc, and for all the same reasons you'd give for phone companies not censoring I'd claim apply to Twitter.
- mattnewton 6y agoIf "safe space mode" is on by default, and you can't see a pundit without turning it on, I don't see how that is different from demoting or hiding a tweet behind a disclaimer. Or, for that matter, how it is really different from having to go to another platform where safe space mode doesn't exist, to even know it exists. As an aside, the constant bashing of "twitter kids" and allusions to political speech like "all lives matter" being censored (which is not happening, as far as I know) seems counterproductive.
- WClayFerguson 6y agoThe problem with twitter is the censorship, shadow-banning, feed-manipulation, and permanent banning. Despite your confused opinions, there is no 'setting' to disable any of that.
- mattnewton 6y agoI think you might have missed my point- you said that there could be a checkbox for people to hide offensive content, and I asked what the difference between manipulating someone’s feed so their posts are only seen by people looking for it directly, and having a content filter on by default. They would be functionally identical in how they limit the audience, which if I understand correctly is the main ill you are accusing twitter/etc of.
- WClayFerguson 6y agoYeah if only Twitter had a "Stop Shadow Banning", a "Stop Censoring", and a "Stop Banning Individuals" button, that would be great. lol.