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Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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telesilla wrote: post #66
belter wrote: post #47

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"Elon Musk Reacts To WSJ Report That 'Shadow Crew' Of Billionaires Including Peter Thiel Pushed Him To Buy Twitter" https://www.benzinga.com/news/22/05/26922872/elon-musk-wants... "A source who spoke to both men said that Musk thinks Thiel is "a sociopath," and Thiel considers Musk "a fraud."" https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-elon-musk-relati...

Wouldn't that be what is beneficial for them to say about each other, in public? I honestly don't know what to think any more about anyone who has obtained massive amounts of money.

Well there can't be much love between both...

""Life is too short for long-term grudges" Elon Musk on Peter Thiel's coup to be PayPal CEO": https://nitter.net/nitashatiku/status/735273960703545344

Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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Post by spicyusername »

zaroth wrote: post #74
spicyusername wrote: post #25

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I think anyone pitching the “paradox of tolerance” needs to understand recursion a little better, or perhaps try to understand how their argument looks in a mirror to someone who disagrees with their stated position.

> understand how their argument looks in a mirror to someone who disagrees with their stated position

Care to elaborate?

Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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Post by lkxijlewlf »

fsloth wrote: post #57

Before this turns into a culture-war-fest consider this: if Twitter is to be a global platform, it probably should NOT take political sides and if it is to censor anyone permanently, it should mostly adhere to local courts and similar entities. It's not about Trump or United States. It's about everyone else. World is a really messy place. It's not very easy generally to decided if in a political conflict one or other…

Twitter should enforce their ToS no matter who breaks them.

Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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sureglymop wrote: post #80
importantmsg wrote: post #10

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What does his presidential status of a nation or his support in an election unrelated to Twitter have to do with him breaching their terms of service? I find it interesting, because it kind of implies that you would want him to get special treatment because of his status/position in this manner. But on Twitter he is nothing more than an account like everyone else. They control the platform that they created and own.…

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Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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Post by BuyMyBitcoins »

jhgb wrote: post #82
BuyMyBitcoins wrote: post #50

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>”He definitely broke some laws tho” Which ones, and from which court were such judgements made?

Never heard of Trump University?

Yes, but I assume the context of “breaking laws” is in relation to his actions surrounding the 2020 election. I don’t think the court cases he was involved in before taking office played any part in his ban from Twitter.

Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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Post by lkxijlewlf »

BuyMyBitcoins wrote: post #86
hadrien01 wrote: post #49

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My anxiety when reading news online or listening to radio went noticeably down when Donald Trump was banned from Twitter, and I don't live in the US. I entirely agree with you.

I think this is the fault of the news media exploiting peoples anxieties for clicks and engagement. They made everything seem like some kind of catastrophe.

Nearly everything out of Trump's mouth was/is a lie. Pretty sure that caused a lot of people anxiety.

Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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Post by jason-phillips »

lalos wrote: post #5

It is interesting how much influence Peter Thiel has on the main players of social media: via Facebook as an early investor and ex-board member and via Twitter with his ex-coworker from Paypal days Musk. He’s very explicit in his book about the power of monopolies and now you see this consolidation of social media companies under a specific group of closed people. WSJ reported Thiel being involved with Musk on this t…

A rather cynical take, liberally sprinkled with straw men and conjecture, served fait accompli.

Re: Jack Dorsey says he agrees with reversing Trump's Twitter ban

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Post by ModernMech »

fsloth wrote: post #57

Before this turns into a culture-war-fest consider this: if Twitter is to be a global platform, it probably should NOT take political sides and if it is to censor anyone permanently, it should mostly adhere to local courts and similar entities. It's not about Trump or United States. It's about everyone else. World is a really messy place. It's not very easy generally to decided if in a political conflict one or other…

But this puts Twitter in the business of fomenting insurrection against the country it operates in. Trump was banned not for expressing morally ambiguous political positions, but because he fomented a mob to attack the Capitol and he used Twitter specifically during that insurrection to cause the mob to focus its attack on the Vice President. He was watching the events in real time on TV, and he was using Twitter to stoke the flames. Why should Twitter allow its platform to be used that way?

What is Twitter supposed to do, ban Trump for a week every time he uses their platform to advocate for violence? Does that mean we can all advocate for violence on Twitter? I mean, have they really thought this through?

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