Something that caught my eye there is serious discussion about whether jokes about November 7 voting (that I hear every election I've witnesses in US, bar none) is interfering with election and "giving false voting information" and whether it justifies removing the account. Which got me thinking - do I really want people that don't know which day is the voting day and trusting random twitter account with crudely drawn meme as an avatar with this information - do I really want them voting that much? It looks to me that if such people show up on November 7, it would only be for the best for everybody.
Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as liberal activists
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Re: Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as liberal activists
#172This meme is originally based on the idea that not all people have an inner voice, and the supposition that people without an inner voice may be less likely to introspect and think critically. I think the ban is a little ridiculous and likely has more to do with it's origin on a so called "far right" website than anything else.
But with that said, what isn't 'far right' these days ... I'm just counting down the days until Bernie is called far right because he's not throwing bricks through Starbucks' windows.
Well, not Bernie himself but Bernie supporter has been beaten up as "fascist" in Portland for showing up with American flag: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/08/he_bro...
I can imagine some of these people would gladly call Bernie himself fascist - after all he's a Senator in the US government which they despise. So you may not be counting for that long.
Re: Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as liberal activists
#173ROFL
Re: Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as liberal activists
#174This may be an unpopular opinion, but I’d prefer if this culture war crap were kept off HN. There are plenty of other places to discuss this, just because Twitter is involved doesn’t mean it’s related to tech.
Normally I’d agree, but I think prolific Silicon Valley startup Twitter playing such a big role makes it very much Hacker News material.