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Re: Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders

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Post by statstutor »

ike77 wrote: post #67
ErikVandeWater wrote: post #8

Marketing tip: Always ask the public for input and consult with "experts" before doing what you intended to all along.

That's a point of view, and a pretty cynical one. I would like to point out that regarding moderation, tech companies have been asking for guidelines and new laws for a decade now. Ageing lawmakers have been unable to provide them and we start to see shy initiatives from the EU regarding privacy laws but roughly most of the water in which tech companies operate are still no mans lands. All that make me think that eve…

> That's a point of view, and a pretty cynical one.

Twitter can and do ask for user feedback all the time, without making a press release about it.

I don't find it cynical to ask why they are doing this in public - it seems likely that the parent has hit upon a good part of the reason.

Re: Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders

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Post by xg15 »

> Politicians and government officials are constantly evolving how they use our service

I find corporate-speak as dreadful, artificial and insincere as the next guy, but this bit was unintentionally funny. At least I wonder now how a constantly evolving government official would look.

Re: Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders

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Post by _v7gu »

system16 wrote: post #47

On Twitter you can find promoted full blown propaganda paid for by hostile (to the US at least) state sponsored news agencies and government officials. These same governments ban Twitter in their own countries and would never allow similar content on their own platforms. Twitter's solution here is to insert a tiny "State affiliated" footer text below the account name. Can you imagine in the Cold War-era NBC being all…

Yes, only US should be able to spread their propaganda

Re: Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders

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Post by jtdev »

geoelkh wrote: post #68

How do we give feedback? I think Twitter should allow trusted/editorial account that shows prominently (even part of the tweet itself) on world leaders tweets. This will be NYTs, Washington Post, etc... of the world. The big plus here is we return the editorial part of these institutions. Imo, these used to be net positive on the society (see Watergate during Nixon) Twitter will pick the list of editors (kind of what…

Who defines what is “trusted” in this scenario? I think your entire assertion here is problematic... the “trusted” sources that you mention have for years shown an inability to report without injecting their biases and agendas.

Re: Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders

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Post by meepmorp »

nautilus12 wrote: post #44
square_usual wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, this is Twitter, not Cultural Revolution China. Jack isn't Mao with his Hundred Flowers campaign.

Do not underestimate the limits of Jack's desire for control

Yeah, he’s basically Pol Pot without the humanitarian streak.

Re: Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders

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Post by TrispusAttucks »

So let me understand this, Twitter, which banned it's own United States President, is now removing itself from responsibility of banning other nation's presidents many of whom call for genocide and violence and are stated enemies of Twitters parent country?

Re: Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders

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Post by weakfish »

matthewmacleod wrote: post #48
exabrial wrote: post #23

Be a free speech platform, how about that?

Except maybe it's a bit more complex than your ridiculously simplified pithy one-liner. Seriously, what the fuck is that even supposed to mean? It's literally duckspeak – a reflexive slogan uttered without any thought. It elides all of the complexity of understanding what free speech is, or what a platform is.

People tend to conflate freedom from persecution due to speech with freedom to say whatever, wherever. They are not the same.

Re: Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders

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Post by SpicyLemonZest »

TrispusAttucks wrote: post #86

So let me understand this, Twitter, which banned it's own United States President, is now removing itself from responsibility of banning other nation's presidents many of whom call for genocide and violence and are stated enemies of Twitters parent country?

I think you're misreading the history. For years, Twitter refused to ban basically any world leader, including the US president, despite many calls for them to do so and many tweets that would've gotten you or I banned. But events 2 months ago rendered that stance untenable. So now they've gotta come up with a new one, since they don't want the rule to be "special privileges, but only for leaders who Twitter, Inc. happens to like".

It's very likely that whatever new policy comes out of this will involve restrictions on other nation's presidents.

Re: Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders

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Post by CincinnatiMan »

IgorPartola wrote: post #76
system16 wrote: post #47

On Twitter you can find promoted full blown propaganda paid for by hostile (to the US at least) state sponsored news agencies and government officials. These same governments ban Twitter in their own countries and would never allow similar content on their own platforms. Twitter's solution here is to insert a tiny "State affiliated" footer text below the account name. Can you imagine in the Cold War-era NBC being all…

You might want to take a look at Voice of America, a Congress-funded network that broadcasts almost exclusively outside the US as US propaganda: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America

Sorry, I'm not making the connection to what OP was saying. Can you expand? Does Voice of America pretend to be a domestic news source to the areas it broadcasts?

Re: Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders

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Post by nonotreally »

at_a_remove wrote: post #79

A Republican Congresswoman was just locked out of her Twitter account prior to some kind of Dem resolution, at least if you believe https://www.mrctv.org/blog/marjorie-taylor-green-reportedly-... as a source of truth. Nothing to see here, move along.

I'm not seeing your point here.

Do you like this? Not like it? Why?

I feel like this is exactly the type of feedback they're asking for.

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