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Is this sarcasm? If not, I'd love to hear the rationale behind this, as to me this seems far less objectionable than lots of things which happen on mainstream T

Is this sarcasm? If not, I'd love to hear the rationale behind this, as to me this seems far less objectionable than lots of things which happen on mainstream Twitter.

newsbinator 5y ago
I suppose the charitable argument for banning would be: it pollutes Twitter without extending any conversations or bringing anybody joy per se. Basically it's spam. Certainly on HN that person would/should be banned right away (which is part of the reason HN is the best place on the internet). But Twitter is a different animal. So are Reddit and 4Chan. Sarcastic copypasta is par for the course.
- f1refly 5y ago
  > it pollutes Twitter without extending any conversations or bringing anybody joy per se. Basically it's spam. Looking from the outside, this is an accurate description of 99,99% of all messages ever written on twitter. Arguably, the copy pasted text can at least bring a bit of joy which other tweets also fail at.
rNULLED 5y ago
Consider that so many people do not care to preserve the environments of online public spaces. While the pollution of digital environments with semiotic trash is less tangible and persistent than the beer cans, cigarette butts, and used needles on the streets of our cities, can you really defend its production? What kinds of cultures, mindsets, and personalities would this breed? Yes, there are far worse things. But let us hold ourselves to our own high standards and be proud.
- gameman144 5y ago
  One man's semiotic trash is another man's humorous treasure. Note that I'm not saying that I'm a fan of low-quality posts like this, just that I feel that the lion's share of Twitter is low-quality posts, so it seems odd to single out a copy-pasta meme as being unworthy while allowing... well, the rest of Twitter.
  - Wojtkie 5y ago
    Should have pulled a KenM and just replied with extremely geriatric answers and explanations to everything
    - MiddleEndian 5y ago
      On the topic of geriatric twittering, the one time I did not respond with the navy seal copypasta was when some older high school sports coach tagged me instead of his student athlete with the same name (whose twitter handle was completely different). I felt like that would have been too confusing an experience for him.
abruzzi 5y ago
I'd never heard of "navy seal copypasta", so I googled it, and to my read, its very hard to see any >wink< >wink< in the text, which ends after a long screed, with threats of violence against the poster. So I think its reasonable to believe that maybe on of the people on the twitter abuse team didn't get the joke and instead saw what on its surface looks like a threat. I don't know twitter's ToS, but I'm guessing that if taken literally that text could violate them.
- mardifoufs 5y ago
  The part about "gorilla warfare" wasn't a hint?
  - tekknik 5y ago
    There’s also the part about “you’re dead”, which is a crime. The one time someone assumes this is a joke and then something bad happens…
  - toomanyrichies 5y ago
    No, it wasn’t. There are plenty of people online who both a) can’t spell, and b) are unhinged enough to make genuine threats against a stranger’s life.

Is this sarcasm? If not, I'd love to hear the rationale behind this, as to me this seems far less objectionable than lots of things which happen on mainstream Twitter.

newsbinator 5y ago

I suppose the charitable argument for banning would be: it pollutes Twitter without extending any conversations or bringing anybody joy per se. Basically it's spam. Certainly on HN that person would/should be banned right away (which is part of the reason HN is the best place on the internet). But Twitter is a different animal. So are Reddit and 4Chan. Sarcastic copypasta is par for the course.

f1refly 5y ago
> it pollutes Twitter without extending any conversations or bringing anybody joy per se. Basically it's spam. Looking from the outside, this is an accurate description of 99,99% of all messages ever written on twitter. Arguably, the copy pasted text can at least bring a bit of joy which other tweets also fail at.

rNULLED 5y ago

Consider that so many people do not care to preserve the environments of online public spaces. While the pollution of digital environments with semiotic trash is less tangible and persistent than the beer cans, cigarette butts, and used needles on the streets of our cities, can you really defend its production? What kinds of cultures, mindsets, and personalities would this breed? Yes, there are far worse things. But let us hold ourselves to our own high standards and be proud.

gameman144 5y ago
One man's semiotic trash is another man's humorous treasure. Note that I'm not saying that I'm a fan of low-quality posts like this, just that I feel that the lion's share of Twitter is low-quality posts, so it seems odd to single out a copy-pasta meme as being unworthy while allowing... well, the rest of Twitter.
- Wojtkie 5y ago
  Should have pulled a KenM and just replied with extremely geriatric answers and explanations to everything
  - MiddleEndian 5y ago
    On the topic of geriatric twittering, the one time I did not respond with the navy seal copypasta was when some older high school sports coach tagged me instead of his student athlete with the same name (whose twitter handle was completely different). I felt like that would have been too confusing an experience for him.

abruzzi 5y ago

I'd never heard of "navy seal copypasta", so I googled it, and to my read, its very hard to see any >wink< >wink< in the text, which ends after a long screed, with threats of violence against the poster. So I think its reasonable to believe that maybe on of the people on the twitter abuse team didn't get the joke and instead saw what on its surface looks like a threat. I don't know twitter's ToS, but I'm guessing that if taken literally that text could violate them.

mardifoufs 5y ago
The part about "gorilla warfare" wasn't a hint?
- tekknik 5y ago
  There’s also the part about “you’re dead”, which is a crime. The one time someone assumes this is a joke and then something bad happens…
- toomanyrichies 5y ago
  No, it wasn’t. There are plenty of people online who both a) can’t spell, and b) are unhinged enough to make genuine threats against a stranger’s life.