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I think this is a kind of falling knife-type thing: the makeup of Twitter was far more liberal than conservative a few years ago and it's currently about equal,

I think this is a kind of falling knife-type thing: the makeup of Twitter was far more liberal than conservative a few years ago and it's currently about equal, but in two more years I predict that the trend will continue and it will be far more conservative than liberal.

rahimnathwani 2y ago
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- orwin 2y ago
  CrimethInc. This was pure and simple censorship. Not saying that Twitter was better with their censorship of Occupy, but crimethInc was probably the one of the last US influencial left wing org on twitter, and didn't last a month. I think John Brown Gun club was also banned, but reinstated, and redneck revolution don't have such an online presence (and is quieter than the gun club about protecting LGBT rights). This calmed down recently, but still.
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- hn_acker 2y ago
  > It's currently about equal because conservatives are no longer being deplatformed under pressure from the government. The federal government did not intentionally or unintentionally target conservatives whenever coercing Twitter to remove content (to the extent that the government did any coercing or pressuring, which was very little if at all) [1][2]. [1] Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/05/twitter-admits-in-court-filing-elon-musk-is-simply-wrong-about-government-interference-at-twitter/ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/05/twitter-admits-in-court-... [2] Internal Twitter Video Reveals Twitter Bent Over Backwards To Protect Trump And Pro-Trump Insurrectionists https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/29/internal-twitter-video-reveals-twitter-bent-over-backwards-to-protect-trump-and-pro-trump-insurrectionists/ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/29/internal-twitter-video-r...
anon291 2y ago
Perhaps, but then we should use twitter as it is today as an example of what is normal. I see people flee to bluesky because twitter is too right wing, but given the current composition, it's those fleeing that have the wrong calibration. It's very concerning when a large chunk of people literally believe a representative slice of the country is intolerable In contrast, right wingers who complained that Twitter was too liberal for years are basically correct. It was disproportionately liberal for many years.

rahimnathwani 2y ago

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orwin 2y ago
CrimethInc. This was pure and simple censorship. Not saying that Twitter was better with their censorship of Occupy, but crimethInc was probably the one of the last US influencial left wing org on twitter, and didn't last a month. I think John Brown Gun club was also banned, but reinstated, and redneck revolution don't have such an online presence (and is quieter than the gun club about protecting LGBT rights). This calmed down recently, but still.
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hn_acker 2y ago
> It's currently about equal because conservatives are no longer being deplatformed under pressure from the government. The federal government did not intentionally or unintentionally target conservatives whenever coercing Twitter to remove content (to the extent that the government did any coercing or pressuring, which was very little if at all) [1][2]. [1] Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/05/twitter-admits-in-court-filing-elon-musk-is-simply-wrong-about-government-interference-at-twitter/ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/05/twitter-admits-in-court-... [2] Internal Twitter Video Reveals Twitter Bent Over Backwards To Protect Trump And Pro-Trump Insurrectionists https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/29/internal-twitter-video-reveals-twitter-bent-over-backwards-to-protect-trump-and-pro-trump-insurrectionists/ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/29/internal-twitter-video-r...

anon291 2y ago

Perhaps, but then we should use twitter as it is today as an example of what is normal. I see people flee to bluesky because twitter is too right wing, but given the current composition, it's those fleeing that have the wrong calibration. It's very concerning when a large chunk of people literally believe a representative slice of the country is intolerable In contrast, right wingers who complained that Twitter was too liberal for years are basically correct. It was disproportionately liberal for many years.