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one is a call for genocide, undeniably. the cis thing is whatever, it should be allowed and it is. but if you use it to harass someone, same as if you used other slurs, it would be taken as harassment. this isn't insane for an online platform.
I deny that decolonization is a call for genocide. So does Webster's and Wikipedia.
if only there was a country for them.
There is something I really like about X. If you want to find coverage of the Palestinian position you can read it, and listen/participate in a space. If you want to find coverage of the Israeli position you can read it, and listen/participate in a space. To me it says that X is not practicing viewpoint discrimination for this issue which is actually heavily censored in much of legacy media.
They just benefit from the conflict between opposing, incompatible viewpoints. Musk especially seems to like it. It's primarily a for-profit enterprise fueled by hate and propaganda, just like those "legacy" things it's supposed to replace.
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The owner of Twitter literally said I'll get suspended. What more do you need?
> Clear calls for extreme violence are against our terms of service and will result in suspension. I don't disagree with this stance... I need some substantial proof that posting your opinion without calling for extreme violence is going to get your suspended.
To my knowledge genocide pretty much requires "extreme violence".
For the record, no, decolonization [1] does not mean Jewish genocide, that's his own fever dream, but he's clearly stated that X's position is it does.
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I deny that decolonization is a call for genocide. So does Webster's and Wikipedia.
so what does it mean then? jews have to leave israel? and go where? if only there was a country for them.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decolonization
It may surprise you to know, there is more to the world than one particular conflict.
Edit: to be clear I take no issue with banning calls for violence and genocide, including instances where they are attempting to be obscured by careful use of language. I take issue with claiming that the word, which has been used for decades, in a wide variety of contexts, suddenly inherently means genocide.
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If someone tweets "I hate trans people" nothing happens, if someone tweets "I hate cis people" the tweet gets immediately hidden and flagged for hateful content I saw dozens replicating it last week and I was able to replicate it myself
#doubt Later edit: can confirm, I tried it and I got `Visibility limited: this Post may violate X’s rules against Hateful Conduct.` This is rather disappointing and it might influence my stance on continuing to pay for Premium.
even got an email saying my tweets visibility was limited for the cis tweet but not the trans one
its just that the nuggets a fewer and far between now and the stream has gotten thinner and slower.
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The dumpster behind Domino's has some pepperoni slices in it. The other dumpsters pale in comparison with their offerings
Ultimately, we choose what we consume. Do I want a dumpster with pepperoni or not? I'm taking the pepperoni one. I don't get the moral highground of people without alternatives.
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so what does it mean then? jews have to leave israel? and go where? if only there was a country for them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decolonization https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decolonization It may surprise you to know, there is more to the world than one particular conflict. Edit: to be clear I take no issue with banning calls for violence and genocide, including instances where they are attempting to be obscured by careful use of language. I take issue with claiming that the word, which has been use…
When someone today talks about "decolonization", what are the odds that they're talking about Palestine? What are the odds that they're talking about the Belgian Congo? This is especially true if it shows up on Twitter rather than in an obscure journal about the 20th century history of Africa.
So (many) people are using "decolonization" to mean the destruction of Israel. And then (some, and maybe not the same) people are saying "you can't say decolonization means genocide, because there's all this history of Africa and India and the Caribbean and so on - it doesn't necessarily mean that." OK, fine, but these days, on Twitter, what percentage of it does mean wiping out Israel? 95%? 99%?
So, yes, as a matter of definition, you have a point. In practice, Twitter has a point.
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Ultimately, we choose what we consume. Do I want a dumpster with pepperoni or not? I'm taking the pepperoni one. I don't get the moral highground of people without alternatives.
My point is: why are you choosing to consume from a dumpster at all?
My choices are as follows:
Meta vs. X, I choose X
Reddit vs. Hackernews, I choose Hackernews
I couldn't say why I choose either, I guess it's a thirst for content and ultimately, there's a visceral choice that I make that results in X / Hackernews as opposed to Meta / Reddit.
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In this case it was specifically intentionally misleading (something they have logs to prove), and weaponized against the business of X itself. Clearly different from some random internet person saying something controversial or unpopular.
> In this case it was specifically intentionally misleading Exactly. What people don’t seem to realize is that neo-Nazi content is allowed, and there is not a extant mechanism for Twitter advertisers to make sure that their ads do not appear next to that allowed neo-Nazi content — this is why Twitter verified that fact in their lawsuit. The lawsuit is meritorious because while there was no malfunction on Twitter’s pa…