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Twitter has an important use case for journalists, politicians, governments, announcements, etc. There should be some way to preserve neutrality and not have o

Twitter has an important use case for journalists, politicians, governments, announcements, etc. There should be some way to preserve neutrality and not have one side find a "terms and conditions" clause to remove the opponent's viewpoint, cheered by the supporters of the opposite. It's silly politics, in the most abstract use of the word. It's like corporate politics. It does seem like most of the hostility are in the replies to things. The one-liner quips, the arrogance, the condescending sarcasm, and the sometimes outright name-calling. It's amazing to watch how your fellow adults behave when there's no one physically in front of them.

awb 5y ago
> not have one side find a "terms and conditions" clause Those are the rules of using the platform. Not sure why enforcing the rules would be considered a bad thing. If you don’t like it, advocate for changing the rules. Seems far more inappropriate if Twitter were to selectively apply their T&C out of deference to some and not others.
- wand3r 5y ago
  > Seems far more inappropriate if Twitter were to selectively apply their T&C out of deference to some and not others. I think this is basically every groups contention with Twitter.
  - awb 5y ago
    And every groups convention with judges and legal decisions. Interpreting language is inherently really, really difficult. It can always get better, but never be perfect.
- loceng 5y ago
  Twitter doesn't even follow their own rules though. I don't know whether it's purposeful or just that their moderators aren't competent, lacking critical thinking, and lacking oversight; I have seen tweets that were cause of account suspensions that clearly didn't fit under the reason given for the suspension. If no one in the hierarchy at Twitter cares about integrity of actually even following the rules, or isn't capable of making sure they're applied properly, then there will continue to be problems.
- eric_cc 5y ago
  > Those are the rules of using the platform. .. that only get enforced on accounts that are political opponents of Twitter's agenda.

awb 5y ago

> not have one side find a "terms and conditions" clause Those are the rules of using the platform. Not sure why enforcing the rules would be considered a bad thing. If you don’t like it, advocate for changing the rules. Seems far more inappropriate if Twitter were to selectively apply their T&C out of deference to some and not others.

wand3r 5y ago
> Seems far more inappropriate if Twitter were to selectively apply their T&C out of deference to some and not others. I think this is basically every groups contention with Twitter.
- awb 5y ago
  And every groups convention with judges and legal decisions. Interpreting language is inherently really, really difficult. It can always get better, but never be perfect.
loceng 5y ago
Twitter doesn't even follow their own rules though. I don't know whether it's purposeful or just that their moderators aren't competent, lacking critical thinking, and lacking oversight; I have seen tweets that were cause of account suspensions that clearly didn't fit under the reason given for the suspension. If no one in the hierarchy at Twitter cares about integrity of actually even following the rules, or isn't capable of making sure they're applied properly, then there will continue to be problems.
eric_cc 5y ago
> Those are the rules of using the platform. .. that only get enforced on accounts that are political opponents of Twitter's agenda.