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"Will no one rid me of these meddlesome Tweets?"

kumarvvr 4y ago
I just want to ask you. If you came face to face with a tweet that affects you and is in violation of twitters policies, would you not point them out?
- pastacacioepepe 4y ago
  It didn't violate any ToS though.
  - bhaak 4y ago
    It did. Involuntary pornography.
  - acdha 4y ago
    His nudes definitely did: > Sharing explicit sexual images or videos of someone online without their consent is a violation of their privacy and one of the most serious violations of the Twitter Rules. In addition to posing serious safety and security risks, it may also result in physical, emotional, and financial hardship for the person whose media is shared. The hacked content in general is covered by this. Given the contents, it doesn’t appear that the news exemption covers most of the material: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hacked-materials https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hacked-materi...
- olalonde 4y ago
  If I were to report something on Twitter, I would click the "Report" button in the UI and I doubt that Twitter employees would internally refer to my reports as "More to review from the olalonde team.". It appears that those reports were submitted outside of the standard reporting process that regular users utilize and were treated preferentially.
  - roland35 4y ago
    Yeah I'm sure nobody at Twitter ever cares about olalonde or me roland35 for that matter, but I'm sure if any famous person like Beyonce or Joe Rogan had a request it's going to the top of the pile!
archagon 4y ago
What do you think the Biden administration would do if they were ignored? Arrest the CEO? Revoke Twitter's corporate charter? Please.
- refurb 4y ago
  You’ve seen the Senate anti-trust investigation of tech? Pretty sure “playing ball” helps build goodwill with the people who decide whether to break your company up or not. The Taibbi tweets clearly indicate that "connections" buy influence within Twitter. So clearly Twitter sees some benefit to "helping" those in power. Edit: It's specifically called out in Taibbi's tweets. "NetChoice lets Twitter know a “blood bath” awaits in upcoming Hill hearings, with members saying it's a "tipping point,""
  - tomrod 4y ago
    I tried to follow, but this idea makes a record for logical leaps. For those of us not as adept at parsing prognostication via tea leaves, can you connect a senate investigation to moderation actions at Twitter?
- thomond 4y ago
  This wasn't even the Biden Admin as it was 2020 so it was just the campaign team.
  - nonethewiser 4y ago
    Yeah it seems like Twitters political ideology was more operative.
    - deleted 4y ago
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- cm2187 4y ago
  Collusion doesn't require coercion. In fact that's what the tweet thread refers to at the beginning. It is most likely out of political partisanship.
kspacewalk2 4y ago
"Here, this violates your TOS. Do something".
- PathOfEclipse 4y ago
  It didn't violate any ToS though.
  - arcticfox 4y ago
    These were Hunter Biden dick pics specifically. I am no expert on the Twitter TOS but involuntary pornography seems like it is probably on there.
    - sjwalter 4y ago
      What about the hundreds of pics of Hunter smoking crack in a bathrobe? What about the emails wherein Hunter describes in some detail his influence peddling operation? "10% for the big guy." Everyone focusing on Hunter's nudes are eliding the real story that Twitter buried. That is, the hard evidence that Biden is corrupt.
      - xcrunner529 4y ago
        That is not any hard evidence of Joe Bide . The only thing it’s hard evidence of is his drug addict son saying things to try and get ahead. It’s like you need to go back to school.
      - candybar 4y ago
        People aren't focusing on Hunter's nudes - that's what Matt Taibbi shared as an example of the requests made by the Biden campaign. If you actually look at the request, again, specifically chosen by Matt Taibbi as an example of a problematic conversation between the political campaign and Twitter, it was a request to remove Hunter Biden nudes. That's what Matt Taibbi specifically decided to share, despite presumably having access to all of this supposedly problematic interactions. That's pretty strong evidence that not much else was going on - if the Biden campaign was trying to suppress more problematic narratives that had to do with corruption, why wasn't this evidence presented?
RonaldRaygun 4y ago
Will no one rid me of this meddlesome Pence?
doitLP 4y ago
Spot on and great reference. Here’s the history on the above quote for those that missed the allusion: https://englishhistory.net/middle-ages/will-no-one-rid-me-of-this-meddlesome-priest/ https://englishhistory.net/middle-ages/will-no-one-rid-me-of...
ngetchell 4y ago
The revenge porn pictures? They violate the ToS and is illegal in most states in America.
- jessaustin 4y ago
  This doesn't seem to be the original meaning of the term "revenge porn". This is a dude who willingly took pictures of his hog in various situations, and then later those pictures were accessed by various unrelated parties. "Revenge porn" is more the situation in which an innocent woman is pressured by her creepy boyfriend to take videos or pictures that he later personally posts to public sites in response to his disappointment with their relationship. In the latter situation it's clear who is taking "revenge" on whom. I mean, I guess it's ok to expand the definition, but let's be clear that's what we're doing here. Also, it isn't particularly rhetorically effective.

I just want to ask you. If you came face to face with a tweet that affects you and is in violation of twitters policies, would you not point them out?

pastacacioepepe 4y ago
It didn't violate any ToS though.
- bhaak 4y ago
  It did. Involuntary pornography.
- acdha 4y ago
  His nudes definitely did: > Sharing explicit sexual images or videos of someone online without their consent is a violation of their privacy and one of the most serious violations of the Twitter Rules. In addition to posing serious safety and security risks, it may also result in physical, emotional, and financial hardship for the person whose media is shared. The hacked content in general is covered by this. Given the contents, it doesn’t appear that the news exemption covers most of the material: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hacked-materials https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hacked-materi...
olalonde 4y ago
If I were to report something on Twitter, I would click the "Report" button in the UI and I doubt that Twitter employees would internally refer to my reports as "More to review from the olalonde team.". It appears that those reports were submitted outside of the standard reporting process that regular users utilize and were treated preferentially.
- roland35 4y ago
  Yeah I'm sure nobody at Twitter ever cares about olalonde or me roland35 for that matter, but I'm sure if any famous person like Beyonce or Joe Rogan had a request it's going to the top of the pile!

archagon 4y ago

What do you think the Biden administration would do if they were ignored? Arrest the CEO? Revoke Twitter's corporate charter? Please.

refurb 4y ago
You’ve seen the Senate anti-trust investigation of tech? Pretty sure “playing ball” helps build goodwill with the people who decide whether to break your company up or not. The Taibbi tweets clearly indicate that "connections" buy influence within Twitter. So clearly Twitter sees some benefit to "helping" those in power. Edit: It's specifically called out in Taibbi's tweets. "NetChoice lets Twitter know a “blood bath” awaits in upcoming Hill hearings, with members saying it's a "tipping point,""
- tomrod 4y ago
  I tried to follow, but this idea makes a record for logical leaps. For those of us not as adept at parsing prognostication via tea leaves, can you connect a senate investigation to moderation actions at Twitter?
thomond 4y ago
This wasn't even the Biden Admin as it was 2020 so it was just the campaign team.
- nonethewiser 4y ago
  Yeah it seems like Twitters political ideology was more operative.
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
cm2187 4y ago
Collusion doesn't require coercion. In fact that's what the tweet thread refers to at the beginning. It is most likely out of political partisanship.

kspacewalk2 4y ago

"Here, this violates your TOS. Do something".

PathOfEclipse 4y ago
It didn't violate any ToS though.
- arcticfox 4y ago
  These were Hunter Biden dick pics specifically. I am no expert on the Twitter TOS but involuntary pornography seems like it is probably on there.
  - sjwalter 4y ago
    What about the hundreds of pics of Hunter smoking crack in a bathrobe? What about the emails wherein Hunter describes in some detail his influence peddling operation? "10% for the big guy." Everyone focusing on Hunter's nudes are eliding the real story that Twitter buried. That is, the hard evidence that Biden is corrupt.
    - xcrunner529 4y ago
      That is not any hard evidence of Joe Bide . The only thing it’s hard evidence of is his drug addict son saying things to try and get ahead. It’s like you need to go back to school.
    - candybar 4y ago
      People aren't focusing on Hunter's nudes - that's what Matt Taibbi shared as an example of the requests made by the Biden campaign. If you actually look at the request, again, specifically chosen by Matt Taibbi as an example of a problematic conversation between the political campaign and Twitter, it was a request to remove Hunter Biden nudes. That's what Matt Taibbi specifically decided to share, despite presumably having access to all of this supposedly problematic interactions. That's pretty strong evidence that not much else was going on - if the Biden campaign was trying to suppress more problematic narratives that had to do with corruption, why wasn't this evidence presented?

RonaldRaygun 4y ago

Will no one rid me of this meddlesome Pence?

doitLP 4y ago

Spot on and great reference. Here’s the history on the above quote for those that missed the allusion: https://englishhistory.net/middle-ages/will-no-one-rid-me-of-this-meddlesome-priest/ https://englishhistory.net/middle-ages/will-no-one-rid-me-of...

ngetchell 4y ago

The revenge porn pictures? They violate the ToS and is illegal in most states in America.

jessaustin 4y ago
This doesn't seem to be the original meaning of the term "revenge porn". This is a dude who willingly took pictures of his hog in various situations, and then later those pictures were accessed by various unrelated parties. "Revenge porn" is more the situation in which an innocent woman is pressured by her creepy boyfriend to take videos or pictures that he later personally posts to public sites in response to his disappointment with their relationship. In the latter situation it's clear who is taking "revenge" on whom. I mean, I guess it's ok to expand the definition, but let's be clear that's what we're doing here. Also, it isn't particularly rhetorically effective.