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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

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Post by sam1r »

kodah wrote: post #253

I had to type in this box more times than I'm willing to admit to produce something that didn't violate the guidelines. Let's examine why this is problematic: - This will absolutely be leveraged on anyone in a precarious position. It's their ultimate out. Minority groups, majority groups, it doesn't matter - you're in trouble and need a platform to tell your story? Not happening on Twitch. Expect more to sign on to t…

>> This new stage of American moralism is pretty tiring no matter what group or direction it comes from. I can't imagine staying in this country much longer.

Ok but where you would go where it's better? I do empathize as a born + raised american citizen, however, seeing how other countries have handled the pandemic -- I am more tentative versus [ideally] excited.

Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site

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Post by sam1r »

natsup123490 wrote: post #716
kodah wrote: post #253

I had to type in this box more times than I'm willing to admit to produce something that didn't violate the guidelines. Let's examine why this is problematic: - This will absolutely be leveraged on anyone in a precarious position. It's their ultimate out. Minority groups, majority groups, it doesn't matter - you're in trouble and need a platform to tell your story? Not happening on Twitch. Expect more to sign on to t…

> I can't imagine staying in this country much longer. If you are serious about that statement, I encourage you just as I have encouraged all my family and close friends. I have never regretted leaving America. There are dozens of nicer countries to live in. However, tech platforms exert their dominance worldwide. Americans have made this a global problem. Most of my family and friends still feel like they don't need…

So when you left, where did you go first? Curious to hear more about the first jump -- i think we all need more examples of this in first-person.

Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site

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Post by daenz »

mlazos wrote: post #746
darepublic wrote: post #740

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The Chaz was worse wasn't it, there were more deaths, it lasted longer and the participants were given very charitable coverage. Violence and lawlessness is ok if you're on the right team basically.

Except if you went to chaz, it was actually fine and the news blatantly exaggerated reality for advertising $$

I watched the mainstream news and I walked down the street. The vast majority of news coverage was very favorable to chaz/chop. It was extremely unsafe after sundown, made that way by the residents of chaz/chop.

Source: I lived 2 blocks away

Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site

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Post by esyir »

edoceo wrote: post #491
LudwigNagasena wrote: post #422

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We agree that kids become adults at 18 and no one has a big problem with this. I don’t believe demarcating this “some point” is far more complicated.

Please do it then. What is this mark? 80% of TAM? Revenue over $250k/yr/employee? 10000 users?

Sure, 1 million users.

You're free to quibble with the specifics, but there's your magical mark.

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Post by dec0dedab0de »

sweetheart wrote: post #269
paxys wrote: post #197

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It's hilarious that in a thread full of people hating on companies for deplatforming people for their opinions, you are getting massively downvoted for voicing your own opinion. Goes to show that no one really wants "free speech".

I think you’re confused as to what upvoting and downvoting are for. The voting system is design to lift up comments that provide value to the discussion, and hide comments that don’t. Someone being downvoted doesn’t mean everyone is disagreeing with them, or punishing them for their opinion, rather just recognizing that it doesn’t bring any value to the topic of conversation.

Voting is primarily a way to express that you agree/disagree without adding a redundant comment. Maybe you're thinking of other sites that are indeed intended to be used that way.

Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site

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Post by listless »

darepublic wrote: post #740
ngokevin wrote: post #646

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"Terrorist activities, child sexual exploitation, violent extremism, credible threats of mass violence, carrying out or deliberately acting as an accomplice to sexual assault" falls under moralism and cancel culture? We've seen things that fester online that lead to real life tragedies or to the damaging of the fabric of democracy itself. Including insurrection on the US Capitol which took its roots on Twitter. There…

The Chaz was worse wasn't it, there were more deaths, it lasted longer and the participants were given very charitable coverage. Violence and lawlessness is ok if you're on the right team basically.

Or burning down a police precinct. Or literally fire bombing federal buildings for MONTHS with virtually no consequences. And all the while politicians and media egg it on.

The duplicity on the violence issue is both stunning and terrifying.

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Post by TeeMassive »

Kim_Bruning wrote: post #775
TeeMassive wrote: post #764

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> We've seen things that fester online that lead to real life tragedies or to the damaging of the fabric of democracy itself. Including insurrection on the US Capitol which took its roots on Twitter. I find your comment quite one sided and exaggerated. There was no insurrection on the Capitol because there was no guns, no widespread weapon carry, no significant violence inside and no proof of an organization to actua…

If you say "there was no violence"; how do you explain the deaths?

Natural causes, obesity, police violence and, maybe, one instance of death that could have been caused by the scuffles which was originally blamed on a fire extinguisher (the story of which was retracted by the NYT just after the vote on impeachment). This is common knowledge at this point.

Also I said "significant violence", as in enough to overthrow the government.

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Post by CapnTrips »

TeeMassive wrote: post #767
aigen001 wrote: post #727

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Here's your gun. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/13...

> within the District of Columbia Nothings in your court case says anything about the Capitol building.

>On or about January 6, 2021, within the District of Columbia, CHRISTOPHER ALBERTS, did carry and have readily accessible, a firearm, that is, a Taurus G2C semi-automatic handgun, on the United States Capitol Grounds and in any of the Capitol Buildings.

In the same sentence you quoted

Re: Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs away from its site

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Post by sudosysgen »

rsj_hn wrote: post #724
wongarsu wrote: post #567

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Both "I think gay folks should have equal rights" and "America deserved 9/11" are fundamentally statements about ethics, and neither is calling for violence.

There have been multiple calls for violence against the police and against ICE coming from the left. Hacker News played a role in disclosing the home addresses of ICE employees shortly before a sniper shot through the windows of one of the locations at the address. Go read the stuff the John Brown Gun club is putting out.

Do you have a source of someone that made calls for violence against the police, was reported, and wasn't banned for it on Twitch or Hacker News?
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