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But that was published while the pro-Democrat establishment goons were in charge of Twitter, so of course they would say that because they wanted you to beleive

by nicky0 4y ago

But that was published while the pro-Democrat establishment goons were in charge of Twitter, so of course they would say that because they wanted you to beleive they weren't favouring the left. It's hardly a reiable source. Same applies to Musk-era of course. In the end, we accept the things we agree with, and discredit the ones we prefer not to believe. Human nature.

ModernMech 4y ago
As I said, we don't need to know anything internal about Twitter to know for a fact that they bent over backwards to elevate extremist right wing voices. Because they elevated the most important extremist voice for 4 years as he violated the terms of use for their platform. In effect, we all had one TOS, and there was a different, more permissive TOS for the leader of the US MAGA-right wing movement, the most extreme version of right wing politics in America. That's blatant, confirmed, irrefutable, systematic bias and special treatment for conservatives on Twitter, pre Musk. In case you want to discount the Twitter report as a false flag, here's a report from NYU that independently confirmed Twitter is biased toward conservatives. It also found the same for Facebook: https://bhr.stern.nyu.edu/bias-report-release-page https://bhr.stern.nyu.edu/bias-report-release-page
- nicky0 4y ago
  American universites are notoriously politically biased. Calling that "independent" is a stretch. Again - we accept evidence that supports what we already believe. https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
  - ModernMech 4y ago
    You really can't just blanket claim that all research from a university is politically biased, even if you feel American universities in general are biased. Come on now, we're here for discourse that's a little more nuanced than that I hope. Since all you're bringing to the discussion at this point is a comic, I think that's all there is to say.
    - nicky0 4y ago
      Yes, discussion over, you learned nothing, you'll carry on defending your fixed beliefs, and you got in a cheap comment about a serious comic. Well done.

by nicky0 4y ago

ModernMech 4y ago

As I said, we don't need to know anything internal about Twitter to know for a fact that they bent over backwards to elevate extremist right wing voices. Because they elevated the most important extremist voice for 4 years as he violated the terms of use for their platform. In effect, we all had one TOS, and there was a different, more permissive TOS for the leader of the US MAGA-right wing movement, the most extreme version of right wing politics in America. That's blatant, confirmed, irrefutable, systematic bias and special treatment for conservatives on Twitter, pre Musk. In case you want to discount the Twitter report as a false flag, here's a report from NYU that independently confirmed Twitter is biased toward conservatives. It also found the same for Facebook: https://bhr.stern.nyu.edu/bias-report-release-page https://bhr.stern.nyu.edu/bias-report-release-page

nicky0 4y ago
American universites are notoriously politically biased. Calling that "independent" is a stretch. Again - we accept evidence that supports what we already believe. https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
- ModernMech 4y ago
  You really can't just blanket claim that all research from a university is politically biased, even if you feel American universities in general are biased. Come on now, we're here for discourse that's a little more nuanced than that I hope. Since all you're bringing to the discussion at this point is a comic, I think that's all there is to say.
  - nicky0 4y ago
    Yes, discussion over, you learned nothing, you'll carry on defending your fixed beliefs, and you got in a cheap comment about a serious comic. Well done.