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Post by tyre »

bhupy wrote: post #99
tyre wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like the American Cancer Society can advocate for itself but not for candidates or policies. Fine: Donate to fight cancer Not fine: Donate to Candidate X to support cancer research

How about ACLU or Planned Parenthood?

same apply. ACLU can ask for donations or talk about their services, like representing people who can't afford representation.

PP can as well. They can't say "vote pro-choice" but can advertise that they provide women's health services including abortions.

Basically: you can talk about what you do that isn't related to elections or votes in congress.

Re: Twitter to ban political advertising

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Post by buboard »

blotter_paper wrote: post #76

I don't agree with every call Twitter makes, but I find Dorsey to be by far the most interesting public figure in the social media game. His two JRE interviews[0][1] and his Tales from the Crypto interview[2] are all worth checking out, IMO. He seems to think Twitter should use a blockchain in the future, and that small social circles should have a system for internally moderating content without needing it to be oka…

Dorsey espouses some very libertarian views and yet he's generally leaning left of course. Still , he s the only one who dares give Trump a megaphone. I think he handles the whole situation exceptionally well.

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unpwn wrote: post #130
brm wrote: post #22

Every time I see someone complaining about bots, its because there are a lot of likes for something they personally dislike. Not saying bots on the internet are not a problem, but I think lots of people are quick to blame bots instead of conceding that others may disagree with them. Its also virtually impossible to prove accounts as "real" or "bots" without some ID verification in place. People kinda do it via cluste…

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Post by FillardMillmore »

It makes me wonder if Zuckerberg has seriously considered doing this as well for Facebook. Considering he's been in congressional hearings twice, I'm sure the thought has crossed his mind once or twice. The money is too good, so he's likely willing to walk the tight-rope. I think Twitter is setting a good precedent here, whether other similar social media sites will follow suit is the question.

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Post by mbesto »

busterarm wrote: post #135
syrrim wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

busterarm is almost certainly referring to chinese "bots".

That's also an interesting phenomenon. There are a large number of Chinese citizens on the internet who will shout down with comments any message counter to the party line there. They are real people, aren't they?

This dilemma right here is exactly why modern communication platforms are so dangerous.

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Post by imgabe »

Icathian wrote: post #71
imgabe wrote: post #47

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Off topic, but who the hell decided we need live updates of retweet and like counts on the page? That is distracting af.

It's a gamification choice. Watching those numbers tick up is proven to be addictive and keep people on the site.

That would make sense if it were numbers for my tweets. I don't get any dopamine hit from seeing that Jack Dorsey is getting another thousand retweets every three seconds. It just makes me give up on reading and close the tab.
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