Most Americans Think Facebook and Twitter Censor Their Political Views

Post by fernandotakai » Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 7:46 PM UTC

s73v3r_ wrote: post #226

rjkennedy98 wrote: post #212

I talked to an ex-twitter employee I met in Ireland at bar. He told me very candidly that twitter employees loathed Milo Yiannopolous and were actively trying to figure out any way to ban him. Not a fan of Milo, but there are clearly agendas which can't be extricated from politics.

I imagine a good part of that is because he led a brigade of followers that would go out and harass other users.

Post by AsyncAwait » Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 7:51 PM UTC

thanatropism wrote: post #194

amelius wrote: post #111

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Yes. The problem is that it assumes that language is fixed. However, the correct way is to make emojis freely definable, so that the emoji language will continue to develop; of course, the unfortunate side-effect for character set maintainers would be that they have to expand the set in order to incorporate the new parts of the language. But that is their problem; you can't force a population to use a limited set of…

> you can't force a population to use a limited set of symbols. It's called an "alphabet".

Post by Frondo » Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 7:54 PM UTC

robotrout wrote: post #156

ceejayoz wrote: post #123

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> Why wouldn't you want them to know that it's OK to space out vaccines... Because it's not. Spacing them out means they're getting some later, leaving them vulnerable longer. It also lends false credence to the idea that they're dangerous. In many cases, it may also mean kids miss out on the later doses, because repeated doctor visits to administer them may be unaffordable (copays) or difficult (scheduling, transpor…

I do not agree with anything that you said. However, it is an argument and a basis for a discussion. You state that such a discussion should not occur, and that those new parents should not have access to those (including our pediatrician, by the way) who state that the current schedule is much too aggressive and can safely be spaced out. Denying new parents the opportunity for such a discussion is pure and simple ar…

Post by dahdum » Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 7:58 PM UTC

s73v3r_ wrote: post #246

dahdum wrote: post #243

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Faith is like a blueprint, codifying rules in an effort to maintain a stable society. Some of these rules, IMHO, are absurd, but many you'd come to the same conclusion without faith as with it.

But again, to claim that "The Bible said so" is a logical argument is absurd on it's face. Yet, that's what you see many conservatives leaning on

Post by majormajor » Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 8:11 PM UTC

allthenews wrote: post #180

Declanomous wrote: post #127

I can't stand the fact that organizations hide behind "algorithms" as an excuse for every unintended side-effect. It's no surprise that algorithms create an information bubble for us. I like to use music as an example: the best music recommendations I've ever received have been from friends. I'll describe music I'm listening to and like, and they'll recommend something for me. I'd say 50% of the time I find it unobje…

>We've positioned machine learning as a replacement to curation, but what it really does is put forth the least objectionable content. I don't think the problem is with ML. You could easily train a net to make boulder selections with an appropriate data set. I believe what you are seeing is an accommodation for the average person. Most people aren't adventurous, and it makes business sense to get algos working for th…