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Just uninstall Twitter. Easy.

Helloworldboy 6y ago
This
chapium 6y ago
This just tips the discourse more in favor of those running the bots. Also, since most of the world is governed by democracy, a key requirement is to have informed citizens so they don't vote for policies based on misinformation. One may not wish to use twitter (myself included), but a significant amount of the world population does.
- phtrivier 6y ago
  Yes, but imagine how brilliant it would be for twitter to be only full of bots spewing disinformation at each other (and the few human conspiracy theorist who would be lost for the cause anyway), while concerned citizens are... Getting their disinformation from somewhere else. Never mind. Still, all this puts "prevent bit usage by design" on the feature list for the next generation of social media (that and "prevent sharing without human moderation beyond a certain virality point", "clever shadow banning" ,and an eliza mode for those times you juste want to yell at the clouds...
- DFHippie 6y ago
  Right. And I suspect the people most likely to delete their accounts are the ones least likely to be influenced by bots.
rvz 6y ago
> Easy. Yes. it's that Easy and the most obvious solution to getting out of that echo chamber. I know it's hard for many to actually uninstall and 'delete their accounts' but perhaps this sounds like a great new years resolution plan to stick to. This time, you can do it.
zionic 6y ago
Honestly this should be the top comment.
- rriepe 6y ago
  Maybe second after "Build your own Twitter"
undefined1 6y ago
Unfortunately won't work until journalists and politicians uninstall it. Until then, Twitter has an outsized influence on the world.
grkvlt 6y ago
Instructions unclear - I got a bunch of threatening letters from the alleged 'owners' of the twitter.com domain. Do you have some more details on how to uninstall someone else's website, please?
- secondcoming 6y ago
  Wow, what a great joke. Most people use the twitter app. That can be uninstalled.

This

This just tips the discourse more in favor of those running the bots. Also, since most of the world is governed by democracy, a key requirement is to have informed citizens so they don't vote for policies based on misinformation. One may not wish to use twitter (myself included), but a significant amount of the world population does.

phtrivier 6y ago
Yes, but imagine how brilliant it would be for twitter to be only full of bots spewing disinformation at each other (and the few human conspiracy theorist who would be lost for the cause anyway), while concerned citizens are... Getting their disinformation from somewhere else. Never mind. Still, all this puts "prevent bit usage by design" on the feature list for the next generation of social media (that and "prevent sharing without human moderation beyond a certain virality point", "clever shadow banning" ,and an eliza mode for those times you juste want to yell at the clouds...
DFHippie 6y ago
Right. And I suspect the people most likely to delete their accounts are the ones least likely to be influenced by bots.

rvz 6y ago

> Easy. Yes. it's that Easy and the most obvious solution to getting out of that echo chamber. I know it's hard for many to actually uninstall and 'delete their accounts' but perhaps this sounds like a great new years resolution plan to stick to. This time, you can do it.

zionic 6y ago

Honestly this should be the top comment.

rriepe 6y ago
Maybe second after "Build your own Twitter"

undefined1 6y ago

Unfortunately won't work until journalists and politicians uninstall it. Until then, Twitter has an outsized influence on the world.

grkvlt 6y ago

Instructions unclear - I got a bunch of threatening letters from the alleged 'owners' of the twitter.com domain. Do you have some more details on how to uninstall someone else's website, please?

secondcoming 6y ago
Wow, what a great joke. Most people use the twitter app. That can be uninstalled.