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It seems the title is a bit hyped. "Quitter Spain now has 6,667 users"... apparently, from the reading, all users came from the followers from a Twitter user t

by antr 12y ago

It seems the title is a bit hyped. "Quitter Spain now has 6,667 users"... apparently, from the reading, all users came from the followers from a Twitter user that has 167,000 followers. I'll let everyone do the math. I'd really like to see the tweets in question, because I tend to see a lot of two-faced individuals using the "freedom of speech" argument to personally attack and harass others. There is a bunch of accusations in the post, but no mention of the specific tweets that caused "Thousands of Spaniards leave Twitter". The fact that no part of the "conversation" is published, makes me a bit worried about the article's integrity.

A_COMPUTER 12y ago
This tweet, but you can't see the image: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HdDO5mEVACMJ:https://twitter.com/Barbijaputa/status/551875190771449856+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=es https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HdDO5m... The user filed a complaint with Twitter that the tweet contained private information about him. He also mentioned that the person retweeted him and he started getting a bunch of death threats from the person's followers (I think, my Spanish sucks.) The complaining person, a conservative, was tweeting about a protest demanding public treatment for hepatitis C, saying that a large portion of people with hepatitis get it from intravenous drug use. this made some people mad and they apparently went after him. Someone correct me if I got any of this wrong.
- antr 12y ago
  > The user filed a complaint with Twitter that the tweet contained private information about him. Well, if that is the case, I don't see nothing wrong with the ban. Everyone has a right to privacy, regardless of their political views, so Twitter's decision to temporary suspension is certainly the right one.
  - A_COMPUTER 12y ago
    The picture is gone, so it's difficult to say what was in it. Some people file retaliatory complaints to get people taken offline. The attacked guy seems like kind of a jerk, but at the same time, the suspended user seemed perfectly willing to user their followers to mob people with insults and threats.

by antr 12y ago

A_COMPUTER 12y ago

This tweet, but you can't see the image: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HdDO5mEVACMJ:https://twitter.com/Barbijaputa/status/551875190771449856+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=es https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HdDO5m... The user filed a complaint with Twitter that the tweet contained private information about him. He also mentioned that the person retweeted him and he started getting a bunch of death threats from the person's followers (I think, my Spanish sucks.) The complaining person, a conservative, was tweeting about a protest demanding public treatment for hepatitis C, saying that a large portion of people with hepatitis get it from intravenous drug use. this made some people mad and they apparently went after him. Someone correct me if I got any of this wrong.

antr 12y ago
> The user filed a complaint with Twitter that the tweet contained private information about him. Well, if that is the case, I don't see nothing wrong with the ban. Everyone has a right to privacy, regardless of their political views, so Twitter's decision to temporary suspension is certainly the right one.
- A_COMPUTER 12y ago
  The picture is gone, so it's difficult to say what was in it. Some people file retaliatory complaints to get people taken offline. The attacked guy seems like kind of a jerk, but at the same time, the suspended user seemed perfectly willing to user their followers to mob people with insults and threats.