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> has been mostly de-platformed by now Completely inaccurate. No one side has been deplatformed in aggregate. A few individuals have been suspended permanently

> has been mostly de-platformed by now Completely inaccurate. No one side has been deplatformed in aggregate. A few individuals have been suspended permanently for violating TOS. They should have been removed earlier, but were considered special cases due to their prominence. It amounts to Twitter removing its own inhibition on enforcing its TOS for certain prominent users. If you want a hard-right-wing heavy experience, you can certainly get that on Twitter today (and two months ago) by following the hard right wingers. Most of them never left. The subscriber count jumps you heard about when the emerald scion announced his Twitter purchase? Very small percentages.

jkubicek 4y ago
I totally agree with this take. I'm also surprised that there hasn't been more strident push-back against the "conservatives are being banned from Twitter" story from conservatives themselves. If I were right-leaning I would certainly not want to be associated with the q-anon advocates for violence that are being kicked off the platform.
- pessimizer 4y ago
  Trump wasn't kicked off the platform for being q-anon.
  - myko 4y ago
    Right, he was kicked off for fomenting an attempt at revolution which included urging QAnon people (who need medical treatment) to attack the nation's capital in an effort to illegally reinstate himself as POTUS and using Twitter in his effort to do so. Much worse than just promoting QAnon conspiracies IMO!
- ryandrake 4y ago
  This is exactly the "Oh, you know the ones" take, that conservative opinions in general are not what's being banned[1]: 1: https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1050391663552671744 https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/105039166355267174...
antifa 4y ago
Who had been deplatformed that isn't objectively a terrible person and wasn't violating the ToS for a long time? It's weird they would push such a dishonest narrative.

jkubicek 4y ago

I totally agree with this take. I'm also surprised that there hasn't been more strident push-back against the "conservatives are being banned from Twitter" story from conservatives themselves. If I were right-leaning I would certainly not want to be associated with the q-anon advocates for violence that are being kicked off the platform.

pessimizer 4y ago
Trump wasn't kicked off the platform for being q-anon.
- myko 4y ago
  Right, he was kicked off for fomenting an attempt at revolution which included urging QAnon people (who need medical treatment) to attack the nation's capital in an effort to illegally reinstate himself as POTUS and using Twitter in his effort to do so. Much worse than just promoting QAnon conspiracies IMO!
ryandrake 4y ago
This is exactly the "Oh, you know the ones" take, that conservative opinions in general are not what's being banned[1]: 1: https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1050391663552671744 https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/105039166355267174...

antifa 4y ago

Who had been deplatformed that isn't objectively a terrible person and wasn't violating the ToS for a long time? It's weird they would push such a dishonest narrative.