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Twitter’s problem is that it encourages engagement with the absolute worst and most divisive users. Don’t agree with an antisemitic tweet? Your best option is t

by valine 4y ago

Twitter’s problem is that it encourages engagement with the absolute worst and most divisive users. Don’t agree with an antisemitic tweet? Your best option is to leave a reply and ratio the poster. Twitter desperately needs a public downvote button with a mechanic similar to HN. Flame bait should be pushed to the bottom of everyone’s feed, not the top.

deworms 4y ago
You can also just close the tab and stop reading. "Antisemitic" doesn't automatically mean "the devil" either.
- was_a_dev 4y ago
  You're right. Antisemitism is provably real
- valine 4y ago
  Have to say I wasn’t expecting “antisemitism is fine” as a counter argument to downvotes. Suffice to say this comment isn’t the slam dunk you think it is.
  - deworms 4y ago
    Yes it is, and I don't care about how popular my comments are. In many slavic countries antisemitism is the default and normal opinion. Semitic people are not the sacred cows they are in american culture.
    - hnusersarelame 4y ago
    - sofixa 4y ago
      Which Slavic countries, specifically? I come from one, and even though there are (borderline) antisemitic jokes (an X, Y and Jew go into a bar, or Holocaust-related jokes which i personally choose to interpret as just a specific brand of dark humour), antisemitism is not a "default and normal opinion". It's skinhead/football hooligan fringes. So, which Slavic country has a majority of antisemites, today? The horrors of WW2 have taught all of us better, one would think (idiots such as yourself being the exception, not the norm; clarification: yes, you have to be an idiot to be antisemitic or racist or any other similar description).
    - dang 4y ago
      That's bizarre, creepy, and unacceptable. Since you have a history of breaking the site guidelines before this, I've banned the account. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
jonny_eh 4y ago
Twitter does have a downvote button: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/04/twitter-downvote/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/04/twitter...
- valine 4y ago
  The downvote they have now is private, and it’s not clear to me if it has any effect on how many other people see the tweet.

by valine 4y ago

deworms 4y ago

You can also just close the tab and stop reading. "Antisemitic" doesn't automatically mean "the devil" either.

was_a_dev 4y ago
You're right. Antisemitism is provably real
valine 4y ago
Have to say I wasn’t expecting “antisemitism is fine” as a counter argument to downvotes. Suffice to say this comment isn’t the slam dunk you think it is.
- deworms 4y ago
  Yes it is, and I don't care about how popular my comments are. In many slavic countries antisemitism is the default and normal opinion. Semitic people are not the sacred cows they are in american culture.
  - hnusersarelame 4y ago
  - sofixa 4y ago
    Which Slavic countries, specifically? I come from one, and even though there are (borderline) antisemitic jokes (an X, Y and Jew go into a bar, or Holocaust-related jokes which i personally choose to interpret as just a specific brand of dark humour), antisemitism is not a "default and normal opinion". It's skinhead/football hooligan fringes. So, which Slavic country has a majority of antisemites, today? The horrors of WW2 have taught all of us better, one would think (idiots such as yourself being the exception, not the norm; clarification: yes, you have to be an idiot to be antisemitic or racist or any other similar description).
  - dang 4y ago
    That's bizarre, creepy, and unacceptable. Since you have a history of breaking the site guidelines before this, I've banned the account. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

jonny_eh 4y ago

Twitter does have a downvote button: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/04/twitter-downvote/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/04/twitter...

valine 4y ago
The downvote they have now is private, and it’s not clear to me if it has any effect on how many other people see the tweet.