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I see a lot more hate, election-denying, conspiracy, racist, sexist tweets. I guess, for some people, this is an achievement.

by dannyr 3y ago

seneca 3y ago
I suppose if that's the kind of thing you go looking for it's what you will see. I actually see a lot less hate on Twitter. I struggle to see how there could be more than there was in its prime, since that was most of the content. It does have a lot less technical content now though, and that has decreased its value for me.
- pjc50 3y ago
  The "prioritize bluetick replies" has really benefited a lot of the nastier reply guys who show up to put hate under certain topics.
refurb 3y ago
Freedom of speech can be scary I know!
- jakelazaroff 3y ago
  Like when Elon started taking down a ton of posts at the behest of the Indian and Turkish governments? Or when he said "comedy is now legal on Twitter" and then suspended parody accounts? Or when he suspended accounts that tweeted public information for "doxxing" and then asked his 100m+ followers to identify someone in a video? Or when he banned people for posting links to competing social networks? Or when he made searches for "substack" return results for "newsletter"? It's exhausting to have to reiterate this constantly growing list every time this comes up. Free speech doesn't have to exist on private platforms and that's okay! We can stop pretending he cares about it!
  - refurb 3y ago
    So your concern is not freedom of speech, it's that the speech is being regulated in a way you don't want?
    - jakelazaroff 3y ago
      I don’t really have a concern. I’m just telling you that whatever’s happening over at Twitter? It’s not freedom of speech.
- seadan83 3y ago
  Talking over other people and being throttled down is not censorship. Being talked over, is censorship. Trolls don't have to be right, just louder. Their goal (from my perspective) is to pollute the information space. With large enough volume and noise, this seeks to invalidate all information. "If you can't be right, at least the other person won't be heard"
nradov 3y ago
Funny, I don't see any such tweets. Literally zero. Perhaps you're following the wrong accounts?

I see a lot more hate, election-denying, conspiracy, racist, sexist tweets. I guess, for some people, this is an achievement.

by dannyr 3y ago

I see a lot more hate, election-denying, conspiracy, racist, sexist tweets. I guess, for some people, this is an achievement.

seneca 3y ago

I suppose if that's the kind of thing you go looking for it's what you will see. I actually see a lot less hate on Twitter. I struggle to see how there could be more than there was in its prime, since that was most of the content. It does have a lot less technical content now though, and that has decreased its value for me.

pjc50 3y ago
The "prioritize bluetick replies" has really benefited a lot of the nastier reply guys who show up to put hate under certain topics.

refurb 3y ago

Freedom of speech can be scary I know!

jakelazaroff 3y ago
Like when Elon started taking down a ton of posts at the behest of the Indian and Turkish governments? Or when he said "comedy is now legal on Twitter" and then suspended parody accounts? Or when he suspended accounts that tweeted public information for "doxxing" and then asked his 100m+ followers to identify someone in a video? Or when he banned people for posting links to competing social networks? Or when he made searches for "substack" return results for "newsletter"? It's exhausting to have to reiterate this constantly growing list every time this comes up. Free speech doesn't have to exist on private platforms and that's okay! We can stop pretending he cares about it!
- refurb 3y ago
  So your concern is not freedom of speech, it's that the speech is being regulated in a way you don't want?
  - jakelazaroff 3y ago
    I don’t really have a concern. I’m just telling you that whatever’s happening over at Twitter? It’s not freedom of speech.
seadan83 3y ago
Talking over other people and being throttled down is not censorship. Being talked over, is censorship. Trolls don't have to be right, just louder. Their goal (from my perspective) is to pollute the information space. With large enough volume and noise, this seeks to invalidate all information. "If you can't be right, at least the other person won't be heard"

nradov 3y ago

Funny, I don't see any such tweets. Literally zero. Perhaps you're following the wrong accounts?