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https://twitter.com/jack/status/1349510769268850690?lang=en https://twitter.com/jack/status/1349510769268850690?lang=en Here's an example off the top of my hea

https://twitter.com/jack/status/1349510769268850690?lang=en https://twitter.com/jack/status/1349510769268850690?lang=en Here's an example off the top of my head. Banning Trump I felt was pretty courageous.

kevingadd 5y ago
They waited FOREVER to actually ban Trump. A staffer enforced the rules to ban him well before that and Jack's organization courageously reversed it. Until they finally banned him, they openly violated their own rules for years to keep him on for attention.
- latexr 5y ago
  And they explicitly used him as a selling point for Twitter: https://www.cnet.com/news/donald-trump-twitter-ad-campaign-japan/ https://www.cnet.com/news/donald-trump-twitter-ad-campaign-j...
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mardifoufs 5y ago
Even then, he waited at the last minute to make sure there was no possible retaliation. Sure, that's a good business move. But how does that prove any courage? It's the opposite. At least zuck can say that he wants to keep his platform open, that facebook is open to challenging point of views or whatever but that Trump didn't leave them a choice at that point....and he'd at least be coherent. Dorsey can't, because he mostly doesn't care for any "big idea" that isn't related to his weird crypto fascination. So I guess I was wrong & he did show a backbone for something... Consistently not doing anything about crypto spam. Afterall, Twitter is notorious for being filled with crypto scams and being ground zero for most shady crypto schemes!
castis 5y ago
> Banning Trump After years of letting him say whatever he wanted, they waited until the opposing party was firmly seated and the threat of retaliation was lowest. Good move tactically I guess but it took no bravery.
Ekaros 5y ago
Banning any politicians is exact opposite of being courageous. Now courageous would have been to kick out those who ask for censorship...

kevingadd 5y ago

They waited FOREVER to actually ban Trump. A staffer enforced the rules to ban him well before that and Jack's organization courageously reversed it. Until they finally banned him, they openly violated their own rules for years to keep him on for attention.

latexr 5y ago
And they explicitly used him as a selling point for Twitter: https://www.cnet.com/news/donald-trump-twitter-ad-campaign-japan/ https://www.cnet.com/news/donald-trump-twitter-ad-campaign-j...

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mardifoufs 5y ago

Even then, he waited at the last minute to make sure there was no possible retaliation. Sure, that's a good business move. But how does that prove any courage? It's the opposite. At least zuck can say that he wants to keep his platform open, that facebook is open to challenging point of views or whatever but that Trump didn't leave them a choice at that point....and he'd at least be coherent. Dorsey can't, because he mostly doesn't care for any "big idea" that isn't related to his weird crypto fascination. So I guess I was wrong & he did show a backbone for something... Consistently not doing anything about crypto spam. Afterall, Twitter is notorious for being filled with crypto scams and being ground zero for most shady crypto schemes!

castis 5y ago

> Banning Trump After years of letting him say whatever he wanted, they waited until the opposing party was firmly seated and the threat of retaliation was lowest. Good move tactically I guess but it took no bravery.

Ekaros 5y ago

Banning any politicians is exact opposite of being courageous. Now courageous would have been to kick out those who ask for censorship...