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It’s interesting to me that so many people are upset when a mundane piece of software is banned, but were relatively content when factually accurate statements
by eduction 4y ago
It’s interesting to me that so many people are upset when a mundane piece of software is banned, but were relatively content when factually accurate statements and news articles were banned.
I’m not a fan of this Twitter policy but I was also not a fan of what the company was censoring before. Its absurdly stretched definition of disinformation was a problem, but one that fit the political goals of many tech types who are now upset about the Mastodon thing.
- miloignis 4y agoI disagree with this interpretation - many have been vocally protesting each of the rounds of banning and policy changes, and multiple large waves of migration happened. This policy became such a talking point because of how there wasn't even a pretense of doing it for safety etc. Other policies may have been functionally more harmful, but this was bald-faced with no concievable defense for the blatent hypocrisy, and if anything is going to get people riled up it's hypocrisy.