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Not banning and suspending people or hiding tweets for alleged violations of vague and arbitrary standards would be great, to start with. Go to any political t

Not banning and suspending people or hiding tweets for alleged violations of vague and arbitrary standards would be great, to start with. Go to any political tweet and you'll see countless hateful messages, why aren't they banned, yet others are? I've never seen any reason for it. Clearly they take a side or draw a line on some issues they consider important to control, but not others. It seems to me it would be far better in my opinion for twitter to foster strength rather than fragility by empowering users to take responsibility for their own feelings and have the tools and maturity to not read things they can't cope with, rather than trying to police what people write centrally. It absolutely could be the modern town square and would be great if it supported real freedom of speech, in my opinion.

themitigating 4y ago
If that was true why are unregulated platforms, like 4chan, not popular?
- throwawaylinux 4y ago
  If what was true?
  - themitigating 4y ago
    "...absolutely could be the modern town square and would be great if it supported real freedom of speech, in my opinion." My claim is that (in the US) if a platform allowed everything that was legal it wouldn't be popular.
    - throwawaylinux 4y ago
      I don't see how a comparison with 4chan is any evidence for that. There are also heavily regulated forums which are not popular. So clearly that's not the reason for whether or not one is going to be popular.
      - WithinReason 4y ago
        It's not difficult to understand the argument: 4chan is the largest unregulated platform, much smaller than the largest regulated platforms.
        throwawaylinux 4y ago
        And it's a fallacy because there are many differences between them.
        WithinReason 4y ago
        Statistics is not a fallacy
        throwawaylinux 4y ago
        Non sequitur.
      - themitigating 4y ago
        Per you: how regulated/censored a platform is doesn't have an effect on its popularity However your first comment says "far better in my opinion for twitter..."
        throwawaylinux 4y ago
        I didn't say it doesn't have an effect.
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themitigating 4y ago

If that was true why are unregulated platforms, like 4chan, not popular?

throwawaylinux 4y ago
If what was true?
- themitigating 4y ago
  "...absolutely could be the modern town square and would be great if it supported real freedom of speech, in my opinion." My claim is that (in the US) if a platform allowed everything that was legal it wouldn't be popular.
  - throwawaylinux 4y ago
    I don't see how a comparison with 4chan is any evidence for that. There are also heavily regulated forums which are not popular. So clearly that's not the reason for whether or not one is going to be popular.
    - WithinReason 4y ago
      It's not difficult to understand the argument: 4chan is the largest unregulated platform, much smaller than the largest regulated platforms.
      - throwawaylinux 4y ago
        And it's a fallacy because there are many differences between them.
        WithinReason 4y ago
        Statistics is not a fallacy
        throwawaylinux 4y ago
        Non sequitur.
    - themitigating 4y ago
      Per you: how regulated/censored a platform is doesn't have an effect on its popularity However your first comment says "far better in my opinion for twitter..."
      - throwawaylinux 4y ago
        I didn't say it doesn't have an effect.
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