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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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Post by totalZero »

adrianN wrote: post #8

I'm a bit surprised that this fight with the POTUS doesn't have a stronger influence on Twitter's stock value.

It does impact the stock, and that's likely a part of the reason it took Twitter so long to take even the smallest action against his violations of their rules. The President is using the threat of allowing social media companies to be held liable for their content, as retaliation against Twitter. The stock was down 4.5% yesterday and is trading lower in the pre-market session.

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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Post by _y5hn »

enriquto wrote: post #25

I couldn't care less for the politics of the USA, but it is mildly amusing that twitter are trolling one of their most prominent users.

Moderating a prominent troll and raising the standards to the level of every other user, is not really politics.

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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Post by celticninja »

101404 wrote: post #69
gentaro wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like maybe you should take the hint. It's not "taking sides" to point out that you're glorifying violence if you as the president are threatening to deploy military force against protestors.

Sending police to stop violence is "glorifying violence"? How exactly?

he said he was sending the army to start shooting, not sending the police to stop violence.

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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Post by celticninja »

kortilla wrote: post #64
bryanrasmussen wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what's coming to them? Is it violence? That's how I often here the phrase "get what's coming to you" used.

Perhaps you spend too much time around violent people? The phrase is the equivalent of “reaping what you sow”.

which again is used to refer to a violent response to a violent action.

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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Post by totalZero »

senectus1 wrote: post #97

haha, good. but I dont envy Twitter management. they have stepped onto a very slippery slope. and one they cant make a "winning" decision about. however this works out, Twitter will lose. As much as I hate FB and dont use it, they have made the "safer" decision.

Part of the reason people hate FB and don't use it, is that their leadership is afraid to make risky decisions for the benefit of their users and the quality of their platform.

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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Post by celticninja »

senectus1 wrote: post #97

haha, good. but I dont envy Twitter management. they have stepped onto a very slippery slope. and one they cant make a "winning" decision about. however this works out, Twitter will lose. As much as I hate FB and dont use it, they have made the "safer" decision.

'safer' in this case means protection of their profits rather than protection of people.

well done FB /s

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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Post by viraptor »

roenxi wrote: post #34
viraptor wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's not moving anywhere and any Twitter controversy gets more people to tweet about that controversy... Until he forces a significant part of his followers to leave, it's not a bad situation for Twitter to be in.

> He's not moving anywhere... If they're going to block his tweets, why wouldn't Trump go elsewhere? It'll be interesting to see what he does do next.

He could, but it would be a bit like Reddit/voat situation for an independent platform. Otherwise where can he go for remotely comparable publicity? IG/FB? I don't see FB working with his style of communication and it's not as easy to embed in news as Twitter. Ig would be closer.

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Post by bilbo0s »

noobermin wrote: post #42
danso wrote: post #2

Link to @realDonaldTrump tweet: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/12662311007807447... tweet text: > ....These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you! Disclaimer text: > This Tweet…

Why is this reply being downvoted? It is merely informative.

I think because it just restates what's in the link being discussed, when the link is not inaccessible nor behind a paywall. There are a lot of people who think that's bad form on HN. That's my guess. People trying to force everyone to "read the articles" on HN.

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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Post by AgentME »

One angle I don't see discussed: I wonder if Trump commits to more risky/bombastic/divisive plans as president because he feels confident that he can directly frame them and control the narrative by using his audience on Twitter, and he feels emboldened by how immediately Twitter is able to deliver the reactions. If there's a chance this is true, I can especially understand Twitter wanting to have no part in this. It would be fucked up to force anyone like Twitter to be the ones working to support this if they didn't want to be the ones doing it and associated with it.
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