Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election
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Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election
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Re: Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election
#2I'm not sure why Twitter thinks that quote tweets are better than retweets. Propaganda exists to be spread, and it's long been obvious that "This is wrong/bad [quote]" just serves to further spread the propaganda and raise the propaganda artist's profile. Also, you can disable retweets on accounts you follow but not quote tweets.
Re: Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election
#3Free speech has taken quite a beating in recent days. It's weird watching many of my friends and people I respect cheering while it happens. I honestly don't know what we do to fix our current situation where lies so easily go viral, but making Twitter arbiters of truth doesn't seem like the best solution.
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#4Free speech has taken quite a beating in recent days. It's weird watching many of my friends and people I respect cheering while it happens. I honestly don't know what we do to fix our current situation where lies so easily go viral, but making Twitter arbiters of truth doesn't seem like the best solution.
No one is making Twitter an arbiter of truth. If you don't like the way Twitter does business, there are other platforms that will cater to your alternative truth needs.
Re: Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election
#5How long before the "misleading" label is used on anything that doesn't match their own political views?
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#6How long before the "misleading" label is used on anything that doesn't match their own political views?
https://reason.com/2020/10/07/phony-fact-checking-on-forest-...
(Facebook, not Twitter)
Re: Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election
#7Free speech has taken quite a beating in recent days. It's weird watching many of my friends and people I respect cheering while it happens. I honestly don't know what we do to fix our current situation where lies so easily go viral, but making Twitter arbiters of truth doesn't seem like the best solution.
I have this gut instinct we're veering towards the way China censors their internet. The great U.S. firewall, to secure our citizens from "disinformation"!
Re: Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election
#8>Second, we will prevent “liked by” and “followed by” recommendations from people you don’t follow from showing up in your timeline and won’t send notifications for these Tweets. These recommendations can be a helpful way for people to see relevant conversations from outside of their network, but we are removing them because we don’t believe the “Like” button provides sufficient, thoughtful consideration prior to amplifying Tweets to people who don’t follow the author of the Tweet, or the relevant topic that the Tweet is about.
I want to applaud this, because it's clearly a good move. but i don't see how they can square "our recommendation engine is harmful enough that we need to disable it to protect the security of an election" with "we're gonna turn it back on in four weeks"
Re: Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election
#9Free speech has taken quite a beating in recent days. It's weird watching many of my friends and people I respect cheering while it happens. I honestly don't know what we do to fix our current situation where lies so easily go viral, but making Twitter arbiters of truth doesn't seem like the best solution.
No one is making Twitter an arbiter of truth. If you don't like the way Twitter does business, there are other platforms that will cater to your alternative truth needs.
I'm not seeking alternative truth. Everyone cheers for Twitter because they think they are going to censor people in a way they agree with. But what about the day that changes? What about the day they decide to censor you instead?
On one hand, I agree that businesses should be free to operate as they like & you can vote with your feet if you don't like the rules. However, we also have to be realistic about the fact that the largest tech corporations are now more powerful than most countries. Opting out isn't a very practical solution.
Re: Additional steps we're taking ahead of the 2020 US Election
#10I'm not sure why Twitter thinks that quote tweets are better than retweets. Propaganda exists to be spread, and it's long been obvious that "This is wrong/bad [quote]" just serves to further spread the propaganda and raise the propaganda artist's profile. Also, you can disable retweets on accounts you follow but not quote tweets.
> Propaganda exists to be spread
Indeed, that is the meaning of the word.