Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site
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Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site
#2I'm still waiting for the inevitable shitstorm that'll ensue when someone "innovates" a Relationship Management platform that is effectively a Shunning-as-a-Service (Read: Online Presence Surveillance and Data Broker interface) offering and suddenly discovers they've re-invented corporate organized blacklisting, which has been illegal for years. Yes, technically only for employment purposes, but the practice is generally abhored wherever it rears it's ugly head outside of that that comes down to just defending yourself from bad actors, where bad actors is defined as "Those seeking to cause direct harm for financial or other gain." Things that aren't just able to be chocked up to "having a controversial viewpoint".
I really wish people would wake up to the fact that right now, computing is still in its "enumerative innovation" phase where the computer will get thrown at every human problem under the sun to see what sticks, or what causes complete outrage and cannot be allowed.
Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site
#3I'm still waiting for the inevitable shitstorm that'll ensue when someone "innovates" a Relationship Management platform that is effectively a Shunning-as-a-Service (Read: Online Presence Surveillance and Data Broker interface) offering and suddenly discovers they've re-invented corporate organized blacklisting, which has been illegal for years. Yes, technically only for employment purposes, but the practice is gener…
>corporate organized blacklisting, which has been illegal for years.
Does that mean Uber and Lyft sharing lists of drivers that have been banned from their platforms is illegal?
Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site
#4I'm still waiting for the inevitable shitstorm that'll ensue when someone "innovates" a Relationship Management platform that is effectively a Shunning-as-a-Service (Read: Online Presence Surveillance and Data Broker interface) offering and suddenly discovers they've re-invented corporate organized blacklisting, which has been illegal for years. Yes, technically only for employment purposes, but the practice is gener…
>corporate organized blacklisting, which has been illegal for years. Does that mean Uber and Lyft sharing lists of drivers that have been banned from their platforms is illegal?
Uber and Lyft drivers are technically external contractors. Not employees. As far ask I know, there's no law about sharing bad contractors names.
Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site
#5Twitch doesn't enforce their own rules. It's the reason why Amouranth is the highest paid female streamer.
Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site
#6I'm still waiting for the inevitable shitstorm that'll ensue when someone "innovates" a Relationship Management platform that is effectively a Shunning-as-a-Service (Read: Online Presence Surveillance and Data Broker interface) offering and suddenly discovers they've re-invented corporate organized blacklisting, which has been illegal for years. Yes, technically only for employment purposes, but the practice is gener…
>I'm still waiting for the inevitable shitstorm that'll ensue when someone "innovates" a Relationship Management platform that is effectively a Shunning-as-a-Service
This had existed, for Twitter at least. Apparently it shut down last year. I had ended up on several blocklists or at least one commonly shared once because I'm blocked by a good 20-30% of Twitter's blue checkmarked journalists that I've never once interacted with or Tweeted at before.
I could easily see being randomly blacklisted/blocked with no real understanding as to why you are blocked other than some well-connected person that you peeved off once had added to a shared blacklist. This likely already happens.
Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site
#7Is there any doubt that we've entered the era of approved, or not free speech. 'Severe misconduct' today means racist behaviour, perhaps tomorrow it means support for the NRA, or anti-environmental behaviour. The thought police have finally invaded ever part of society.
Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site
#8"The company said users will be able to report such behaviors but it may also investigate cases proactively, for instance if there is a verified news report that a user has been arrested."
So we've arrived at "innocent until accused" instead of "innocent until proven guilty"? And if proven guilty, they will both be punished under the law, and again by companies like Twitch? If proven innocent will they be restored? What a slippery slope.
It's hard to argue with the goal of removing sexual predators or terrorists, but the reality is these are subjective standards being applied. It's just as toxic as cancel culture.
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Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site
#9Is there any doubt that we've entered the era of approved, or not free speech. 'Severe misconduct' today means racist behaviour, perhaps tomorrow it means support for the NRA, or anti-environmental behaviour. The thought police have finally invaded ever part of society.
Companies were already willing to fire you for posting racist stuff before Twitch made this decision.
Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site
#10Is there any doubt that we've entered the era of approved, or not free speech. 'Severe misconduct' today means racist behaviour, perhaps tomorrow it means support for the NRA, or anti-environmental behaviour. The thought police have finally invaded ever part of society.
If your speech is really valuable you shouldn't depend on the free services of a privately-owned ad-supported company meant for streaming games to propagate it.
Furthermore speech as the forefathers probably meant was people physically going to town squares and talking there.
There is free press, which is what social media is more like, and the owner of a press has the right to decide what he/she will print--the Constitution prevents government interference, not private interference.