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Twitter definitely stopped feeling impartial in its treatment of information around 2012 or so. I guess it wasn't a conspiracy theory after all.

xqcgrek2 4y ago
It was a conspiracy theory. And the theory has been shown to be true. The conspiracy was real.
- DevKoala 4y ago
  Ahhhh. Got me there.
- rvz 4y ago
  Exactly. The same thing with the 'laptop from hell', hence why that was immediately removed at the time, because it was real.
mikkergp 4y ago
What’s the theory?
- gfdgfdgdfg 4y ago
  Twitter suppressed information that portrayed Democrats negatively.
  - mikkergp 4y ago
    So far Matt hasn’t said anything about this, where is the evidence to this theory? And who was doing this and how?
  - DannyBee 4y ago
    Matt explicitly said they suppressed information from anyone who asked, basically, including both sides. Did you miss that?
    - refurb 4y ago
      Did you miss the part where it was driven by “connections” and 97%+ Twitter employee donations were to Democrats?
      - mikkergp 4y ago
        I saw that part and thought it was curious he glossed over it, I look forward to more detail in the future.
      - ecommerceguy 4y ago
        DannyBee 4y ago
        I see we are now down to ad hominem? The honest truth: I don't think twitter is useful enough to truly care, definitely not anywhere near as much as some people in this thread seem to. So i'll write a comment or two, but then i'll go back to woodworking or whatever and it will not reenter my mind till the next story pops up on the frontpage. As for my views: I believed twitter is a serious net negative for society before this story, and it hasn't changed that view. If it went away tomorrow, i would not shed a single tear. As for my politics - while it's really none of your business, since you seem to care a lot: Being in DC for a long time drove any desire to identify with any particular party well out of my mind. Georgia thankfully does not have registered party affiliation. There is some politically active Daniel Berlin in NY that donates a bunch, but it ain't me.
      - _kbh_ 4y ago
        > Did you miss the part where it was driven by “connections” and 97%+ Twitter employee donations were to Democrats? I find it hard to believe that 97% of people at twitter donated to _anyone_. I think your misinterpreting the data, the data says that 97% of donations were to democrats not that 97% of the employees donated to the democrats.
      - mikkergp 4y ago
        > 97%+ Twitter employee donations were to Democrats? So what’s the principle here? What’s the plan. Which companies should have to disclose the political contributions of their employees and what should they do if it’s unbalanced at more than say 60-40, randomly fire employees until it’s back in line?

xqcgrek2 4y ago

It was a conspiracy theory. And the theory has been shown to be true. The conspiracy was real.

DevKoala 4y ago
Ahhhh. Got me there.
rvz 4y ago
Exactly. The same thing with the 'laptop from hell', hence why that was immediately removed at the time, because it was real.

mikkergp 4y ago

What’s the theory?

gfdgfdgdfg 4y ago
Twitter suppressed information that portrayed Democrats negatively.
- mikkergp 4y ago
  So far Matt hasn’t said anything about this, where is the evidence to this theory? And who was doing this and how?
- DannyBee 4y ago
  Matt explicitly said they suppressed information from anyone who asked, basically, including both sides. Did you miss that?
  - refurb 4y ago
    Did you miss the part where it was driven by “connections” and 97%+ Twitter employee donations were to Democrats?
    - mikkergp 4y ago
      I saw that part and thought it was curious he glossed over it, I look forward to more detail in the future.
    - ecommerceguy 4y ago
      - DannyBee 4y ago
        I see we are now down to ad hominem? The honest truth: I don't think twitter is useful enough to truly care, definitely not anywhere near as much as some people in this thread seem to. So i'll write a comment or two, but then i'll go back to woodworking or whatever and it will not reenter my mind till the next story pops up on the frontpage. As for my views: I believed twitter is a serious net negative for society before this story, and it hasn't changed that view. If it went away tomorrow, i would not shed a single tear. As for my politics - while it's really none of your business, since you seem to care a lot: Being in DC for a long time drove any desire to identify with any particular party well out of my mind. Georgia thankfully does not have registered party affiliation. There is some politically active Daniel Berlin in NY that donates a bunch, but it ain't me.
    - _kbh_ 4y ago
      > Did you miss the part where it was driven by “connections” and 97%+ Twitter employee donations were to Democrats? I find it hard to believe that 97% of people at twitter donated to _anyone_. I think your misinterpreting the data, the data says that 97% of donations were to democrats not that 97% of the employees donated to the democrats.
    - mikkergp 4y ago
      > 97%+ Twitter employee donations were to Democrats? So what’s the principle here? What’s the plan. Which companies should have to disclose the political contributions of their employees and what should they do if it’s unbalanced at more than say 60-40, randomly fire employees until it’s back in line?