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As stated in tweet #11, Twitter is overwhemingly staffed by people of one political orientation, and the company as a whole would thus have no issue with helpin

by bakugo 4y ago

As stated in tweet #11, Twitter is overwhemingly staffed by people of one political orientation, and the company as a whole would thus have no issue with helping their political party win the election. They had no reason to sue.

anoonmoose 4y ago
And that is completely legal and allowed under the First Amendment.
dd36 4y ago
See Fox News…
- bakugo 4y ago
  What does fox news have to do with this?
  - dd36 4y ago
    A media company favoring a political party is not illegal. It’s indeed quite normal. That said, removing revenge porn isn’t favoring a political party.
    - pstuart 4y ago
      Fox does not "favor" the GOP. It is an instrument of the GOP.
      - dd36 4y ago
        True. Same difference.
archagon 4y ago
> Twitter is overwhemingly staffed by people of one political orientation Where is this information coming from?
- bakugo 4y ago
  https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598829996264390656 https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598829996264390656
  - archagon 4y ago
    This chart says nothing about staffing, and the comment itself is unsourced.
    - itsyaboi 4y ago
      I'm going to assume that you are confused by the linked chart and are not being intentionally obtuse. The chart displays a breakdown of total employee contributions to the two political parties. As you can see, the "% to democrats" column contains 95%+ for the last 4 years. It would be safe to assume that this metric is a reasonable proxy for Twitter staff's political leanings. Just to be safe I recommend you review the suite guidelines, specifically about assuming good faith when replying to comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
      - archagon 4y ago
        Fair enough that I misread the chart, but are we sure that those contributions are evenly distributed throughout the employee population and not, for example, mostly from executives? I can't tell where this data is sourced from.
      - deleted 4y ago
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      - spaced-out 4y ago
        >It would be safe to assume that this metric is a reasonable proxy for Twitter staff's political leanings. No it wouldn't be because it doesn't way what percent of employees donate at all. I assume the percentage is pretty low because it's <$200,000 going to Democrats from the entire company.

by bakugo 4y ago

anoonmoose 4y ago

And that is completely legal and allowed under the First Amendment.

dd36 4y ago

See Fox News…

bakugo 4y ago
What does fox news have to do with this?
- dd36 4y ago
  A media company favoring a political party is not illegal. It’s indeed quite normal. That said, removing revenge porn isn’t favoring a political party.
  - pstuart 4y ago
    Fox does not "favor" the GOP. It is an instrument of the GOP.
    - dd36 4y ago
      True. Same difference.

archagon 4y ago

> Twitter is overwhemingly staffed by people of one political orientation Where is this information coming from?

bakugo 4y ago
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598829996264390656 https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598829996264390656
- archagon 4y ago
  This chart says nothing about staffing, and the comment itself is unsourced.
  - itsyaboi 4y ago
    I'm going to assume that you are confused by the linked chart and are not being intentionally obtuse. The chart displays a breakdown of total employee contributions to the two political parties. As you can see, the "% to democrats" column contains 95%+ for the last 4 years. It would be safe to assume that this metric is a reasonable proxy for Twitter staff's political leanings. Just to be safe I recommend you review the suite guidelines, specifically about assuming good faith when replying to comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - archagon 4y ago
      Fair enough that I misread the chart, but are we sure that those contributions are evenly distributed throughout the employee population and not, for example, mostly from executives? I can't tell where this data is sourced from.
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
    - spaced-out 4y ago
      >It would be safe to assume that this metric is a reasonable proxy for Twitter staff's political leanings. No it wouldn't be because it doesn't way what percent of employees donate at all. I assume the percentage is pretty low because it's <$200,000 going to Democrats from the entire company.