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That you can't see the value in having such a team - that having such a team is essential for a company like twitter to operate - is completely baffling to me.

That you can't see the value in having such a team - that having such a team is essential for a company like twitter to operate - is completely baffling to me. Not having one will make advertisers pull out and make the company much less profitable.

mytailorisrich 4y ago
Frankly, I don't see how having a team that works "to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights, to protect those at-risk in global conflicts & crises including Ethiopia," makes any difference to advertisers (but honestly I don't quite get what the team was doing concretely within Twitter... well, maybe Elon didn't, either!) Advertisers can be spooked by the contents of tweets. Basically few brands want to be associated with extremist or otherwise 'damaging' contents but that's very different and rather touches moderation. That's why advertisers are currently cautious, not because of Human Rights (capitalised) in global conflicts...
- mikkergp 4y ago
  I think advertises might get spooked by twitter facilitating a genocide. edit: You mentioned Ethopia -- https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/16/ethiopias-invisible-ethnic-cleansing https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/16/ethiopias-invisible-ethn...
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - constantcrying 4y ago
    How is twitter facilitating a genocide. The article makes no mention of it.
    - mikkergp 4y ago
      They’re not, that’s what they had someone working to prevent!
      - constantcrying 4y ago
        What exactly was prevented?
        mikkergp 4y ago
        > twitter facilitating a genocide.
        constantcrying 4y ago
        Where twitter employees on the ground training and supplying death squads, helping them hunt down X group. How does a social media site facilitate genocide?
        z2210558 4y ago
        The same way traditional media does? c.f. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Libre_des_Mille_Collines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Lib...
        constantcrying 4y ago
        Are you trolling?
  - rdtwo 4y ago
    Yeah but that could be part of be normal. Moderation team

mytailorisrich 4y ago

Frankly, I don't see how having a team that works "to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights, to protect those at-risk in global conflicts & crises including Ethiopia," makes any difference to advertisers (but honestly I don't quite get what the team was doing concretely within Twitter... well, maybe Elon didn't, either!) Advertisers can be spooked by the contents of tweets. Basically few brands want to be associated with extremist or otherwise 'damaging' contents but that's very different and rather touches moderation. That's why advertisers are currently cautious, not because of Human Rights (capitalised) in global conflicts...

mikkergp 4y ago
I think advertises might get spooked by twitter facilitating a genocide. edit: You mentioned Ethopia -- https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/16/ethiopias-invisible-ethnic-cleansing https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/16/ethiopias-invisible-ethn...
- deleted 4y ago
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- constantcrying 4y ago
  How is twitter facilitating a genocide. The article makes no mention of it.
  - mikkergp 4y ago
    They’re not, that’s what they had someone working to prevent!
    - constantcrying 4y ago
      What exactly was prevented?
      - mikkergp 4y ago
        > twitter facilitating a genocide.
        constantcrying 4y ago
        Where twitter employees on the ground training and supplying death squads, helping them hunt down X group. How does a social media site facilitate genocide?
        z2210558 4y ago
        The same way traditional media does? c.f. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Libre_des_Mille_Collines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Lib...
        constantcrying 4y ago
        Are you trolling?
- rdtwo 4y ago
  Yeah but that could be part of be normal. Moderation team