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Twitter to wipe Trump's followers before Biden handover

6 points by funkylexoo 6y ago

BBC News - Twitter to wipe Trump's followers before Biden handover https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55426685

downrightmike 6y ago
He is a really really really bad actor, not unlike a piece of malware, and like malware he should be quarantined and have all connections to him removed for the safety of the system and users.
rvz 6y ago
Clickbait headline differs from actual reality: > Twitter has confirmed that the official US presidential accounts will be wiped of their millions of followers before being transferred to the Biden administration. So, the official accounts of @VP, @FLOTUS, @PressSec, @Cabinet, @WhiteHouse, @POTUS, etc will have their followers reset to zero despite Biden's team fighting against Twitter's decision. Not his personal accounts. Sometimes it is better to use a different source than this article. Here's a better article: [0] [0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-will-face-different-twitter-rules-when-he-leaves-office-11608642198 https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-will-face-different-twitt...
- mattmanser 6y ago
  Something that was not done when Obama handed to Trump. Did you even read the article? The WSJ one agrees with the BBC one!
  - rvz 6y ago
    > Did you even read the article? Surely you must have read the HN guidelines [0]: > Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that." > The WSJ one agrees with the BBC one! Generally, it is also in agreement but in comparison to the WSJ, BBC News Online lacks quality and the content of the article is glossed over and omits information, etc. The BBC headline is typical click-bait when compared to the WSJ, and BBC News online is riddled with this in their articles to drive clicks on their site. Not something I would want my tax money to fund. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
AnimalMuppet 6y ago
My question: Why? Biden's team doesn't want this. This hasn't been done in the past, either. So why are they doing this? I don't think it's just to stick their thumb in Biden's eye. But what other reason do they have?

6 points by funkylexoo 6y ago

BBC News - Twitter to wipe Trump's followers before Biden handover https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-55426685

He is a really really really bad actor, not unlike a piece of malware, and like malware he should be quarantined and have all connections to him removed for the safety of the system and users.

rvz 6y ago

Clickbait headline differs from actual reality: > Twitter has confirmed that the official US presidential accounts will be wiped of their millions of followers before being transferred to the Biden administration. So, the official accounts of @VP, @FLOTUS, @PressSec, @Cabinet, @WhiteHouse, @POTUS, etc will have their followers reset to zero despite Biden's team fighting against Twitter's decision. Not his personal accounts. Sometimes it is better to use a different source than this article. Here's a better article: [0] [0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-will-face-different-twitter-rules-when-he-leaves-office-11608642198 https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-will-face-different-twitt...

mattmanser 6y ago
Something that was not done when Obama handed to Trump. Did you even read the article? The WSJ one agrees with the BBC one!
- rvz 6y ago
  > Did you even read the article? Surely you must have read the HN guidelines [0]: > Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that." > The WSJ one agrees with the BBC one! Generally, it is also in agreement but in comparison to the WSJ, BBC News Online lacks quality and the content of the article is glossed over and omits information, etc. The BBC headline is typical click-bait when compared to the WSJ, and BBC News online is riddled with this in their articles to drive clicks on their site. Not something I would want my tax money to fund. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

AnimalMuppet 6y ago

My question: Why? Biden's team doesn't want this. This hasn't been done in the past, either. So why are they doing this? I don't think it's just to stick their thumb in Biden's eye. But what other reason do they have?