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Not everything lines up to left vs. right. The way twitter conducted itself was a mess all around. With very little consistency.
by starkd 4y ago
Not everything lines up to left vs. right. The way twitter conducted itself was a mess all around. With very little consistency.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoBut in this case, Twitter was the one pointing out the problem. But by releasing this as part of "The Twitter Files" they've confused at least one person into believing that they've uncovered more about Twitter.
- db48x 4y agoThe problem is that while plenty of folks at Twitter knew that the list was bogus and didn’t have any real correlation with Russian bot activity, ultimately Twitter didn’t do anything about it. Internally they talked about how ridiculous it was, but then they second–guessed themselves into saying nothing externally. If they had publicly stated that Hamilton 68 is a fraud, or at best incompetent, then they would have been the good guys. Instead they said nothing.