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I originally wrote my comment in regards to the fact that about 8 tweets you can see on the page that were not obscured but the red boxes were extremely racist,

I originally wrote my comment in regards to the fact that about 8 tweets you can see on the page that were not obscured but the red boxes were extremely racist, hence what I said. I did not mean to imply if you a non-racist person that likes skittles then you are a racist, or skittle endorses racism or anything like that. Also other people seem to notice people taking advantage of this. >> Naturally, people are already spamming the hell out of this. One tweet being repeated over and over again unfortunately uses a racial slur. As such, I suspect this little experiment will end rather soon for Skittles. This is from a venturebeat article - http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/01/skittles-tweet-the-rainbow-or-racial-slurs/ http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/01/skittles-tweet-the-rainbow... I don't usually like to comment when people downmod me, they probably had a reason, but I feel like I should try to explain this one.

SwellJoe 18y ago
I don't think your comment deserved downmods, either. It just seemed, to me, to be a simplistic view of the situation, and maybe the one that the old media would take (along the lines of Fox News approach to the Internet: a place for child predators and cyberterrorists). And, so, I made a joke that I thought pointed out the ridiculousness of that simple view; when you give your customers the ability to say anything they will say bad and good things. And that's OK. It doesn't mean anyone approves...just that people get to have their say. My little moment of bitchery was about the humorless folks who've been voting down comic gold around these parts because it's biting. I've seen it enough lately, in my posts and others, that it feels like a pattern. And it's a pattern I don't like.
- scott_s 18y ago
  I don't think his comment endorsed that view at all. I saw it as a surprised reaction to see blatant racism on the front page of the website for a popular candy. Also: you have to consider that people aren't voting you down because your humor is biting, but because it's not funny and doesn't add to the conversation.
  - SwellJoe 18y ago
    you have to consider that people aren't voting you down because your humor is biting, but because it's not funny and doesn't add to the conversation Maybe you're rig....nah! That's not it! Ninny.

SwellJoe 18y ago

I don't think your comment deserved downmods, either. It just seemed, to me, to be a simplistic view of the situation, and maybe the one that the old media would take (along the lines of Fox News approach to the Internet: a place for child predators and cyberterrorists). And, so, I made a joke that I thought pointed out the ridiculousness of that simple view; when you give your customers the ability to say anything they will say bad and good things. And that's OK. It doesn't mean anyone approves...just that people get to have their say. My little moment of bitchery was about the humorless folks who've been voting down comic gold around these parts because it's biting. I've seen it enough lately, in my posts and others, that it feels like a pattern. And it's a pattern I don't like.

scott_s 18y ago
I don't think his comment endorsed that view at all. I saw it as a surprised reaction to see blatant racism on the front page of the website for a popular candy. Also: you have to consider that people aren't voting you down because your humor is biting, but because it's not funny and doesn't add to the conversation.
- SwellJoe 18y ago
  you have to consider that people aren't voting you down because your humor is biting, but because it's not funny and doesn't add to the conversation Maybe you're rig....nah! That's not it! Ninny.