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Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

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Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

#41

The average person isn’t capable enough to judge information for themselves; we need people in power to curate what is seen.

> The average person isn’t capable enough to judge information for themselves; we need people in power to curate what is seen.

I hope this is just missing the sarcasm tag?

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

#42
They should just use the admin panel to start posting different stuff, a distributed re-education campaign with shadowban for user-generated content

I'm sure they granted themselves this power in the Terms of Service, if not then I'm sure they've granted themselves the power to update the Terms of Service

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

#44

I’d like to see Antifa added to this growing list as well. The article states this group has “ties to dangerous real-world activities”. Does anyone know of any? Or is this just conjecture? The article’s statement was fairly vague.

Can you describe to me what you think Antifa is?

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

#45
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's not the evidence you think it is. In sports analogies That would be the equivalent of brian windhorst tweeting out something and then you saying that it came "Directly from LeBron James". People are not responsible for what their ignorant fans say.

That's a feature of QAnon, not a bug. If none of us knows the identity of "Q" then anyone can pretend to be their prophet and there is no way to confirm nor disconfirm. This is why I describe QAnon as a LARP -- it's easy for the average person to participate without knowing any rules (because there are none).

Don't you think if your going to attempt to argue against someone you should argue against what they actually said?

If so then why the double standard with Q there are dumb fans who post stupidity for literally everything. You would think people would actually quote the source (always ignored) instead of using a clear falacy of using ones followers to define them.

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

#46

I’d like to see Antifa added to this growing list as well. The article states this group has “ties to dangerous real-world activities”. Does anyone know of any? Or is this just conjecture? The article’s statement was fairly vague.

Do you mean that you want antifa-related accounts to be banned? Or do you mean that discussion of conspiracy theories about antifa should be banned?

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

#47

The USA is such a mess. Can't have free speech because too many voters are conspiracy nuts. Can't ban content because free speech. The level of ignorance has to be seen to be believed, on sites like 4chan. Education can clear this impasse, but is it too late?

Free speech the concept is different from the First Amendment, which is different from private companies and private property.

The fringes will always be there, they're just more visible and vocal now. The real issue is whether a platform will choose to be moderated or not, and what tools it offers to users to control their experience. All major platforms are still working on that balance, especially as they become increasingly dominant mediums of expression.

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

#49
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

He retweeted a video wherein a man yelled white power.

I watched the video and it seemed pretty obvious that the old man responded mockingly to the other person accusing him of white power. I don’t think the driver was actually chanting white power as a claim that white power was his desire. Now, there’s certainly an argument for not making such a response and to channel anger better and not joke about such things. But I don’t think retweeting that video is a show of sup…

Perhaps the chanter was being ironically racist, but I think its pretty hard to see Trump's retweeting of it as ironic.

Re: Twitter bans 7k QAnon accounts, limits 150k others as part of broad crackdown

#50
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post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Who determines what is hateful? In this case, Twitter.

Sounds Orwellian

Sounds like a private enterprise deciding what they want on their property, to me.
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