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Well I for one and shocked that Twitter, a social media company, has not solved both all human social and sexual issues with a 100% accuracy at a rate of less t

Well I for one and shocked that Twitter, a social media company, has not solved both all human social and sexual issues with a 100% accuracy at a rate of less than 0.000001 pence per post! What is taking them so long? Why can't they reconcile all human behaviour, morals and law and do it for free?

eyelidlessness 4y ago
They neglect to ban people for advocating widespread genocide but ban people who don’t want to experience genocide and say so. Your numbers are a caricature of the actual platform as it operates.
- LatteLazy 4y ago
  Because the problem with genocide is that people are allowed to call for it on twitter, not that it happens and we let it...
  - eyelidlessness 4y ago
    How do you think genocide happens? It’s not a force of nature.
    - LatteLazy 4y ago
      I am pretty sure it happened before twitter, so we can start by discarding that theory when we work out how... Seriously, we need to get past this weird idea that social media is both the cause and cure for all world problems, from genocide to CP. Where does this notion even come from?!
noobermin 4y ago
I will say that the timing of this release and the passing of AB 2273 is suspect, especially given the beating it has received in recent days by some voices in the press (and not just techdirt). NCMEC makes an appearance in the article, and I wouldn't be surprised it was pitched by them who are generally good people and likely sincere, although they are a bit eager in pushing tech companies to employ more surveillance and drop encryption.
- LatteLazy 4y ago
  I find it concerning because in western democracies, small but loud groups often get what they want over and above the majority. Hardly anyone actually thinks Twitter (or rather all social media) should be forced to close down. But that is what will happen when a small group of otherwise conflicting people all keep demanding legislation like this. Some of them will be pleased, but 99% of people will not. The media are only too willing to wrote uninformed, uncritical reviews of those loud groups' demands and that is both part of the problem and a problem itself. All of this is pushing me (normally a classic liberal) towards libertarianism: If you don't like twitter don't use it (I don't), but don't tell me what I can or cannot do with my time...

eyelidlessness 4y ago

They neglect to ban people for advocating widespread genocide but ban people who don’t want to experience genocide and say so. Your numbers are a caricature of the actual platform as it operates.

LatteLazy 4y ago
Because the problem with genocide is that people are allowed to call for it on twitter, not that it happens and we let it...
- eyelidlessness 4y ago
  How do you think genocide happens? It’s not a force of nature.
  - LatteLazy 4y ago
    I am pretty sure it happened before twitter, so we can start by discarding that theory when we work out how... Seriously, we need to get past this weird idea that social media is both the cause and cure for all world problems, from genocide to CP. Where does this notion even come from?!

noobermin 4y ago

I will say that the timing of this release and the passing of AB 2273 is suspect, especially given the beating it has received in recent days by some voices in the press (and not just techdirt). NCMEC makes an appearance in the article, and I wouldn't be surprised it was pitched by them who are generally good people and likely sincere, although they are a bit eager in pushing tech companies to employ more surveillance and drop encryption.

LatteLazy 4y ago
I find it concerning because in western democracies, small but loud groups often get what they want over and above the majority. Hardly anyone actually thinks Twitter (or rather all social media) should be forced to close down. But that is what will happen when a small group of otherwise conflicting people all keep demanding legislation like this. Some of them will be pleased, but 99% of people will not. The media are only too willing to wrote uninformed, uncritical reviews of those loud groups' demands and that is both part of the problem and a problem itself. All of this is pushing me (normally a classic liberal) towards libertarianism: If you don't like twitter don't use it (I don't), but don't tell me what I can or cannot do with my time...