Lots of well reasoned arguments from some smart russian graduates on this story just 8 days out from the election.
Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account
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#152The big problem with Twitter and Facebook is they have massive incentive to encourage lightning fast viral content. But there are big societal problems with viral content which contains lies and incites violence (or voter harassment, etc).
So now they are trying to blame the individual sources which is effective to some extent except when the sources are hugely popular with certain segments of society.
IMO the real solution is to massively slow all viral content's spread. That of course would damage the platforms, particularly if their competitors don't implement similar limits. So all the platforms are playing this kind of cat-and-mouse game and doing a piecemeal approach fraught with ethical and potential legal issues.
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#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
> scarily accurate As the saying goes, Zerohedge has predicted 28 of the last 4 recessions. They have a consistently bearish bias (which rarely seems to play out), and ties to the Russian state, which brings into question the motivations behind their criticisms of the US (not that I'm the biggest fan myself). All of that said, ZH introduced me to a lot of economic literature and concepts I likely wouldn't have been e…
ZH proudly flaunts their bearish bias. The name Zero Hedge really says it all. Their motto, 'On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everybody drops to zero' , makes this explicit.
Exactly. They are glass half empty paranoids, as are many traders in financial markets, their primary audience.
Most of the corporate media are (sometimes ludicrously) optimistic, the other polarity. I read both.
Re: Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account
#154If you insist on spreading hateful, proven-false conspiracy theories about a major-party presidential candidate, do not be surprised when reputable firms will not be complicit in such spread.
Proven false? What are you talking about? A man is testifying in front of the Senate about the veracity of some of the claims under penalty of perjury...
EDIT: honestly, as a conservative who was supportive of the investigation surrounding impeachment, this kind of obvious media double treatment makes me want to double down -- as other conservatives have done -- in simply not supporting conservatives being investigated. It seems obvious that the allegations, the narrative, etc, is tightly controlled by the media, and conservatives are not given a fair shake, while even the most minute details of conservatives are examined in agonous detail (remember the Steele dossier, which is now confirmed Russian disinformation?). If the Hunter Biden allegations are true around the Ukraine prosecutor, then the impeachment was clearly punishing a sitting president for investigating corruption. That is shocking.
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#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
ZH proudly flaunts their bearish bias. The name Zero Hedge really says it all. Their motto, 'On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everybody drops to zero' , makes this explicit.
That's a quote from Fight Club and more of a joke than anything, IIRC.
They obviously chose it because it fits their worldview. Their lack of originality is beyond the point.
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#156The Post publishes a lot of disreputable trash that's outright false or unproven, but more and more often, it seems that they release primary sources of information (especially videos) much earlier than other news outlets will, if the other news outlets do so at all. There have been multiple times when I've seen an insane video of something happening spreading around Twitter or WorldStar or some other "raw video" agg…
That is absolutely not why Twitter acted in this case, and everyone knows it.
You don't have to imply things, it's more useful to the discussion to just say it. Do say the quiet part out loud so people can actually interact with a comment like this.
Re: Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account
#157The Post publishes a lot of disreputable trash that's outright false or unproven, but more and more often, it seems that they release primary sources of information (especially videos) much earlier than other news outlets will, if the other news outlets do so at all. There have been multiple times when I've seen an insane video of something happening spreading around Twitter or WorldStar or some other "raw video" agg…
> The Post publishes a lot of disreputable trash that's outright false or unproven, but more and more often, it seems that they release primary sources of information (especially videos) much earlier than other news outlets will, if the other news outlets do so at all. Interesting... after reading this, I immediately thought: same as Zero Hedge (also often criticised). But then again, that shouldn't be a surprise - b…
Low time to publish has its place, but not if it's presented as truth.
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#158Re: Twitter still hasn't unlocked the New York Post's account
#159It seems to work for me now: https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1316437892122710022
Their page loads but they cannot access their account to make new tweets until they delete that post.
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
Power companies are regulated monopolies. There are no competitors. Twitter is in no way even close to the only way to publish something. It is no where near as difficult to publish on a different platform than it is to generate your own power. If an ISP was cutting off the NyPost, I would have issues with that. If they had their domain name seized, I would have an issue with that. If other ISPs blocked network route…
The mere act of making a message accessible from an internet connection is only 1% of what "publishing" is, and it's the only reason Google, Facebook, and Twitter make billions. Otherwise, the whole Geocities-type model where everyone has their own private website would be successful today. The reason these technologies are successful is that 99% of "publishing" is getting messages to the eyeballs that want to see th…
Wasn't this even MORE the case before things like Twitter and Facebook?
Were people making arguments that Simon and Schuster were wrong and censoring if they decided not to publish a book? There are a LOT of books that have been written that no 'major' publisher would touch.
Yeah, that means you have to go and publish the book yourself, and print your own copies. And it means that most bookstores probably won't carry your book, and you won't reach nearly the audience that you would if you had a major publisher.
No one argues that the publishers are wrong for doing that.