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As Trump is the President of the United States, knowing what he says is in the public's interest - until the end which is reached nowadays. That's why this act

by my123 6y ago

As Trump is the President of the United States, knowing what he says is in the public's interest - until the end which is reached nowadays. That's why this action happened now and not much earlier.

grahamburger 6y ago
I actually agree, and I upvoted you because I think this is worth discussion. My question here though is: does blocking Trump from Twitter really equate to blocking the public from hearing what he's saying? As someone who doesn't use and never really 'got' Twitter it's really hard for me to take Twitter that seriously. Aren't there myriad other and better ways for the president to reach more people? (Note that only a small-ish minority of U.S. adults even use Twitter at all)
- my123 6y ago
  Social networks are much more informal than the other tools at the disposal of a president, unlike press releases or conferences. They can also be diffused widely and in a very short amount of time. (but then the question is? is that a good thing? or having a failsafe as a good press secretary is a better idea, even if we get to know less about what a politician really thinks)
- chillwaves 6y ago
  No one here could honestly hold the position that Donald Trump is somehow silenced by this, but you'll note how many people are willing to contort themselves around this and other lies. As pointed out elsewhere, he is the President of the US and all that entails, he has plenty of ways to get his message out including even the official @POTUS twitter account. Just more dishonest nonsense that we have to wade through.
  - grahamburger 6y ago
    That's an interesting point about @POTUS. I wonder if they would still let him use it, and if he had already been using it if they would have blocked that, too.
    - 4ggr0 6y ago
      He actually put out a few tweets with this account, which were deleted again. I don't remember everything, but he was talking about an announcement of some kind of an alternative. Sounded to me like he's planning to build his own platform.
samiru 6y ago
But still, the action happened on political basis. This feels something I used see happening in Eastern Block or USSR some 40 years ago.
- grahamburger 6y ago
  I don't directly disagree and I feel kind of weird about this too, but the idea that a private company could have been 1) big enough to matter and 2) blocked the head of the government from using the service without literal heads rolling in USSR 40 years ago doesn't match with my understanding of that era. Actually if Twitter were silently forced to not only carry the president's message but also boost it to everyone's feed and secretly silence his opponents that feels more USSR to me, and feels like almost the opposite of what's happening here.

by my123 6y ago

As Trump is the President of the United States, knowing what he says is in the public's interest - until the end which is reached nowadays. That's why this action happened now and not much earlier.

grahamburger 6y ago

I actually agree, and I upvoted you because I think this is worth discussion. My question here though is: does blocking Trump from Twitter really equate to blocking the public from hearing what he's saying? As someone who doesn't use and never really 'got' Twitter it's really hard for me to take Twitter that seriously. Aren't there myriad other and better ways for the president to reach more people? (Note that only a small-ish minority of U.S. adults even use Twitter at all)

my123 6y ago
Social networks are much more informal than the other tools at the disposal of a president, unlike press releases or conferences. They can also be diffused widely and in a very short amount of time. (but then the question is? is that a good thing? or having a failsafe as a good press secretary is a better idea, even if we get to know less about what a politician really thinks)
chillwaves 6y ago
No one here could honestly hold the position that Donald Trump is somehow silenced by this, but you'll note how many people are willing to contort themselves around this and other lies. As pointed out elsewhere, he is the President of the US and all that entails, he has plenty of ways to get his message out including even the official @POTUS twitter account. Just more dishonest nonsense that we have to wade through.
- grahamburger 6y ago
  That's an interesting point about @POTUS. I wonder if they would still let him use it, and if he had already been using it if they would have blocked that, too.
  - 4ggr0 6y ago
    He actually put out a few tweets with this account, which were deleted again. I don't remember everything, but he was talking about an announcement of some kind of an alternative. Sounded to me like he's planning to build his own platform.

samiru 6y ago

But still, the action happened on political basis. This feels something I used see happening in Eastern Block or USSR some 40 years ago.

grahamburger 6y ago
I don't directly disagree and I feel kind of weird about this too, but the idea that a private company could have been 1) big enough to matter and 2) blocked the head of the government from using the service without literal heads rolling in USSR 40 years ago doesn't match with my understanding of that era. Actually if Twitter were silently forced to not only carry the president's message but also boost it to everyone's feed and secretly silence his opponents that feels more USSR to me, and feels like almost the opposite of what's happening here.