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Let the government regulate it, not a private company.

by galbar 6y ago

andy_ppp 6y ago
The government are the ones inciting violence though, seems like they have made the right decision to me, he’s done things that would get any other user banned for years! Incidentally I absolutely love it when conservatives advocate for more government, whatever happened to the market is perfect let it decide the winners and losers.
- galbar 6y ago
  As I see it, a company can either offer a public platform for everyone to voice their oppinion, not moderate and not be responsible for what is published on its platform but let the authorities handle illegal/harmful behaviour. Or they can choose to moderate and/or editorialize the content they host and the conversations that happen on their platform AND be held responsible for it. I'm not saying it is bad that a company moderates their platform, please do it! But don't pretend everyone can voice their view on their platform and be clear and forward about what you are doing. The government is one small part of the State (as an organization). I should have probably said "Let the legislative and judiciary powers of the State handle it". >whatever happened to the market is perfect let it decide the winners and losers This is already happening: some people, disillusioned by the service Twitter provides, are moving to Parlor, for example.
  - andy_ppp 6y ago
    You’re stating your opinions as if they are natural laws. It would be best for everyone if Twitter stopped policing things themselves and moved to a community driven model, nothing should be deleted but if the “incites violence” (or certain others) tag is added by enough people those tweets get broadcast to nobody and you’d have to look on Trump’s or whoever’s page to see it. Yes the gaming of this system would itself have to be policed, however I think on average it would be better than what we have now. In the end Twitter have the power to ban Trump from their platform the same way a bar owner can ban people who they don’t like. Just because everyone thinks and feels Twitter is a public forum does not make it one; it is private property like virtually everything on the Internet.

Let the government regulate it, not a private company.

by galbar 6y ago

Let the government regulate it, not a private company.

The government are the ones inciting violence though, seems like they have made the right decision to me, he’s done things that would get any other user banned for years! Incidentally I absolutely love it when conservatives advocate for more government, whatever happened to the market is perfect let it decide the winners and losers.

galbar 6y ago
As I see it, a company can either offer a public platform for everyone to voice their oppinion, not moderate and not be responsible for what is published on its platform but let the authorities handle illegal/harmful behaviour. Or they can choose to moderate and/or editorialize the content they host and the conversations that happen on their platform AND be held responsible for it. I'm not saying it is bad that a company moderates their platform, please do it! But don't pretend everyone can voice their view on their platform and be clear and forward about what you are doing. The government is one small part of the State (as an organization). I should have probably said "Let the legislative and judiciary powers of the State handle it". >whatever happened to the market is perfect let it decide the winners and losers This is already happening: some people, disillusioned by the service Twitter provides, are moving to Parlor, for example.
- andy_ppp 6y ago
  You’re stating your opinions as if they are natural laws. It would be best for everyone if Twitter stopped policing things themselves and moved to a community driven model, nothing should be deleted but if the “incites violence” (or certain others) tag is added by enough people those tweets get broadcast to nobody and you’d have to look on Trump’s or whoever’s page to see it. Yes the gaming of this system would itself have to be policed, however I think on average it would be better than what we have now. In the end Twitter have the power to ban Trump from their platform the same way a bar owner can ban people who they don’t like. Just because everyone thinks and feels Twitter is a public forum does not make it one; it is private property like virtually everything on the Internet.