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Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by pixelgeek »

teetertater wrote: post #45
pixelgeek wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried to open an account a while back as there were a lot of coders on Twitter that I wanted to follow. I almost immediately shut the account down due to 1) the utterly broken search and 2) the sheer number of 'suggested' accounts or trends to follow. Even if you aren't concerned about issues that this account brings up it is a miserable user experience.

I opened an account 3 weeks ago and had pretty much the same experience. But.. then I unfollowed every verified account and topic, and it got much better. Once you find a few accounts you like it's easier to find more. Since then I've discovered many cool resources and been invited to niche dev communities. It's too early to say if it's worth it yet but I would say yes if I can grow to a few hundred followers. (At th…

I just found it to be a wall of noise. It didn't give me any sense that I had any control over what was going on.

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by lonnyk »

ineedasername wrote: post #70
balbaugh wrote: post #7

There is a Substack associated with the suspended twitter account [0]. They have made a recent post about the suspension of said account and all of the users other twitter accounts [1]. It states that twitter told the user "the account was “artificially” amplifying information". [0] https://patriotone.substack.com [1] https://patriotone.substack.com/p/twitter-suspension

So they were banned for using sock puppets to popularize their tweets?

This is what it sounds like to me, too. Either that or just using their multiple normal accounts to re-tweet/like.

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Post by dogleash »

imwillofficial wrote: post #117
FDSGSG wrote: post #68

The substack username "patriotone" is pretty revealing. Reeks of QAnon nonsense, the posts themselves contain some pretty obvious dog whistles too.

If it’s obvious, is it a dog whistle?

You're correct. Obvious and dog whistle are mutually exclusive terms.

But these days those words are treated like magical incantations by hacks trying to make it believable when they assign labels to the wrong'uns.

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Post by president »

Jimmc414 wrote: post #4

It is sad that actions like this don't even surprise people anymore. Perhaps this is one of those Twitter actions that falls under the umbrella of "improving community discussions" instead of the first amendment.

It's even sadder that there are people who believe that censorship is right. I have had numerous conversations with people who want more censorship, especially if it agrees with their worldview.

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by criddell »

linkjuice4all wrote: post #139
criddell wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The person you are responding to is suggesting that a virtual space designed for public congregation should perhaps be designated as a public space. It isn't that different from asking if a shopping mall is a public space and the courts have sometimes said "yes". See: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/2016/05/aa-shopping-cent...

This is getting into the more nuanced argument of “taking private property” for the public good - or at least allowing access to it for first amendment activities. One issue with “forcing” first amendment protections on a private party is compelling speech from that party (in this case Twitter). If Twitter is entitled to first amendment “protection” from the government then it can’t be compelled to “speak” on behalf…

> If there are infinite public squares do you need to be given access to all of them?

But there aren't and infinite number online or off. The key part is the space has to be a place people congregate.

Online, are there any public squares?

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Post by rhino369 »

TechBro8615 wrote: post #129
Jimmc414 wrote: post #4

It is sad that actions like this don't even surprise people anymore. Perhaps this is one of those Twitter actions that falls under the umbrella of "improving community discussions" instead of the first amendment.

Twitter banned the US president and went out of their way to clarify they are not banning the Taliban.

Well, its not like the Taliban ever supported an insurrection.

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by daneel_w »

mikeyouse wrote: post #9

There are plenty of reputable journalists closely following the trial including Julie K Brown, the Miami based reporter whose story broke the whole thing open a few years ago leading to these arrests: https://twitter.com/jkbjournalist Adam Klasfeld is another one I enjoy: https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports

So? It's irrelevant that there are others reporting about it.

Re: Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial

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Post by samhw »

TechBro8615 wrote: post #129
Jimmc414 wrote: post #4

It is sad that actions like this don't even surprise people anymore. Perhaps this is one of those Twitter actions that falls under the umbrella of "improving community discussions" instead of the first amendment.

Twitter banned the US president and went out of their way to clarify they are not banning the Taliban.

What I especially detest is the implication that if you disagree with Twitter's banning Trump, then you must be a Trump supporter. It's the epitome of the "first they came for X" strategy. I can disagree with Trump, and still also disagree with the precedent of arbitrarily banning a political figure for much less than other figures and groups are allowed to get away with.

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Post by sva_ »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #82

> "artificially" amplifying information Isn't that the whole point of Twitter?

Maybe they mean that activity on the account has been retweeted/liked by bots a lot? Seems like social media engagement amplification is all the rage nowadays.

Good way to get an account suspended, I suppose.

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