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Twitter Shadow Bans Turkish Presidential Candidate

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Re: Twitter Shadow Bans Turkish Presidential Candidate

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Post by Sammi »

SilverElfin wrote: post #154
hashstring wrote: post #150

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If you’re claiming it’s not open source, cite your source. I certainly could be wrong and am open to that possibility. But from my searching, I don’t see something saying it’s not open source. I posted that link since it was linked to from a news article on this topic (not because I analyzed it). > I advise you to save some Flavor Aid for your next informed uninformed opinions Was this personal attack necessary?

How much has the algorithm changed in two years? Is it reasonable to think it is unchanged for two years? I would venture that that would not be a safe assumption.

Re: Twitter Shadow Bans Turkish Presidential Candidate

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Post by mvdtnz »

Havoc wrote: post #47
socrates1998 wrote: post #25

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It has critical mass and network effects which apparently can take a hell of a lot of strain from the actual product being shit

X does not have "critical mass". It could disappear tomorrow and it wouldn't make a single bit of difference.

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Post by docmars »

immibis wrote: post #120
jjangkke wrote: post #51

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by your own measure then communists and socialists have gotten control of platforms like Reddit and is no longer a viable platform

Reddit is terribly corrupted by something , but I don't think it's communism or socialism. Proof by contradiction: communists and socialists are very strong advocates for punching everyone they think are Nazis, but if you ever hint at that on Reddit (especially as your first comment), or you call Elon or Trump a Nazi, you'll be banned. Identical to X, it's a platform that pushes what the corporate overlords want you…

Which subreddits are you talking about? 'Cause I'm pretty certain calling anyone a Nazi with zero discretion is a sign you're "normal" on Reddit, almost as if it were a purity test.

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Post by docmars »

loeg wrote: post #129
KerrAvon wrote: post #57

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What a condescending viewpoint, that imagines I wholly lack agency, and you somehow have it and are above influence. And that seemingly lumps in any perspective right of center with fascism. This is excessively reductive, and this simplistic worldview isn't doing you any favors. You can curate the content you see on Twitter, and I'm not interested in fascist content. It's as easy as that. A certain population of Blue…

As many have begun to realize, the parent comment to yours is a large reason why the Democrats lost the 2024 election, and yet so many seem all too willing to double down on this rhetoric regardless of whether people are seeking a more balanced conversation.

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Post by docmars »

fsflover wrote: post #96
cryptoegorophy wrote: post #94

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Did you know you can just ignore politics? There are filters. When it comes to politics everyone seems to be a retard, even figures like Paul Graham being a genius in one field, while being a complete moron in all others.

Did you know politics won't ignore you? One day you wake up in a dictatorship that prohibits whatever you find important in your life.

I encourage everyone to apply the same reasoning to both sides, not just the one they dislike.

On the other hand, some really just want a gas stove, incandescent light bulbs, and air conditioning. Others just want to film their waiter getting their pronouns wrong live on TikTok so they get in trouble. Are these liberties too much to ask?

There's a certain irony in that each side views these scenarios as equally "bad", but for those in the middle, we'll let common sense decide.

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Post by jrflowers »

pessimizer wrote: post #153
jrflowers wrote: post #144

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> (see Twitter Files) Can you clarify where in the Twitter Files it says that things were run by “legal and moral busybodies”? From what I recall the “Twitter Files” were just big dumps of innocuous records that rarely (if ever) contained any sort of narrative. The “story” of what they meant was entirely constructed by folks that pretty transparently set out with the intention of making Musk look good (eg Matt Taibbi…

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I like this post because it didn’t answer the question. Like “can you show me where in the text it says that?” “No but I’m real flustered that you asked. Furthermore, I just want to say: nazis”

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Post by balder1991 »

lovich wrote: post #86
declan_roberts wrote: post #30

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How do you measure viable? Twitter is still the best place to hear and read about breaking news.

It’s best only if you ignore the signal to noise ratio. I might read “breaking news” on Twitter first, but simultaneously I’ll see the other 10 variants of reality about said “breaking news” with no way to discern between them quickly. By the time you’ve fact checked anything, the regular news has already reported it

Gotta also access the case of whether you need this kind of “breaking news” with incomplete, speculative and often wrong facts.

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Post by lovich »

_DeadFred_ wrote: post #143
lovich wrote: post #92

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I know it was a rhetorical question but Phil Knight and his son with Laika studios are the only example of rich guys in media who are actually doing it for the love of the game

Only thing Phil Knights loves more than the game is exploiting child labour in impoverished areas.

Yea, he’s very ruthless about converting impoverished children into stop animation paper model films through an admittedly convoluted process, but at the end of the day he does appear to be making the films for the art itself and not as a money making enterprise as its primary goal

Re: Twitter Shadow Bans Turkish Presidential Candidate

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Post by balder1991 »

Argonaut998 wrote: post #148

Not the first time this has happened. It’s very strange. Elon is willing to risk breaking the laws of the EU, Brazil and the UK yet caters to Turkish law with seemingly no resistance whatsoever.

He knows authoritarian countries will order what they want and that’s it, so he simply comply. But for democracies where power is more diffuse, he can afford to make a show and try to shift public opinion to whatever he wants, defying the State as much as possible.
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