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> Trust and Safety leadership enforcing moderation based on political views I assume you're referring to the "Twitter Files" revelations* there? Because that

> Trust and Safety leadership enforcing moderation based on political views I assume you're referring to the "Twitter Files" revelations* there? Because that showed nothing of the sort, did it?

nailer 4y ago
Not exclusively. We knew political based moderation was going on far before that. But yes also including the recent revelations about how it was handled internally. If you consider interfering with an election to be non political, I’m not going to bother arguing with you.
- zimpenfish 4y ago
  > But yes also including the recent revelations about how it was handled internally. Can you point to some examples where one side (I'm assuming you mean Democrats) were handled favourably and the other not favourably? Outside of ToS violations, obviously.
Ferrotin 4y ago
Yes it did.
- zimpenfish 4y ago
  Can you point to some examples? Note that they have to be examples which only apply to one side (I'm going to assume you mean conservatives) and aren't standard violations of ToS.
  - Ferrotin 4y ago
    They suppressed Trump’s account before the election…
    - ithkuil 4y ago
      > They suppressed Trump’s account before the election… That fact was public knowledge. Did the twitter files reveal anything more specific about why they suppressed Trump's account? It seems to me that merely calling them "Twitter files" is very effective at evoking and implying possibly more than what they actually contain.
      - Ferrotin 4y ago
        This was not public knowledge, it was publicly denied.
        infotogivenm 4y ago
        Please be specific. They have publicly denied shadowbanning but under a very specific and narrow definition.
        zimpenfish 4y ago
        > but under a very specific and narrow definition. Which I think is the standard definition - suggesting Twitter have made up their own is a bit snarky?
    - zimpenfish 4y ago
      > They suppressed Trump’s account before the election… If by "suppressed" you mean "suspended for repeated violations of ToS even though they'd protected him for months by saying he was POTUS and therefore newsworthy and should be granted much more leeway than other accounts", sure.

> Trust and Safety leadership enforcing moderation based on political views I assume you're referring to the "Twitter Files" revelations* there? Because that showed nothing of the sort, did it?

nailer 4y ago

Not exclusively. We knew political based moderation was going on far before that. But yes also including the recent revelations about how it was handled internally. If you consider interfering with an election to be non political, I’m not going to bother arguing with you.

zimpenfish 4y ago
> But yes also including the recent revelations about how it was handled internally. Can you point to some examples where one side (I'm assuming you mean Democrats) were handled favourably and the other not favourably? Outside of ToS violations, obviously.

Ferrotin 4y ago

Yes it did.

zimpenfish 4y ago
Can you point to some examples? Note that they have to be examples which only apply to one side (I'm going to assume you mean conservatives) and aren't standard violations of ToS.
- Ferrotin 4y ago
  They suppressed Trump’s account before the election…
  - ithkuil 4y ago
    > They suppressed Trump’s account before the election… That fact was public knowledge. Did the twitter files reveal anything more specific about why they suppressed Trump's account? It seems to me that merely calling them "Twitter files" is very effective at evoking and implying possibly more than what they actually contain.
    - Ferrotin 4y ago
      This was not public knowledge, it was publicly denied.
      - infotogivenm 4y ago
        Please be specific. They have publicly denied shadowbanning but under a very specific and narrow definition.
        zimpenfish 4y ago
        > but under a very specific and narrow definition. Which I think is the standard definition - suggesting Twitter have made up their own is a bit snarky?
  - zimpenfish 4y ago
    > They suppressed Trump’s account before the election… If by "suppressed" you mean "suspended for repeated violations of ToS even though they'd protected him for months by saying he was POTUS and therefore newsworthy and should be granted much more leeway than other accounts", sure.