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Re: “Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with diverse viewpoints”

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Post by josephcsible »

jeffbee wrote: post #120

If you are exposed to things on Twitter that are tweeted by people not personally known to you, IMHO you are using Twitter incorrectly. I have no idea why anyone gives a damn what the content moderation policies might be. Speaking for my own account I have never once seen anything said by Trump, Kanye, the pillow guy, any neo nazis, any anti-vaxxers, or anything like that. In what way are people using Twitter that ma…

> I have no idea why anyone gives a damn what the content moderation policies might be.

Because falling afoul of them doesn't just make your tweets not show up in Discover to people who don't know you. It means you can't tweet to your friends either.

To be clear, your post has completely valid reasons to not care if moderation is too lax, but you do still need to care if it's too strict.

Re: “Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with diverse viewpoints”

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Post by kevinh »

thekashifmalik wrote: post #149
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Re: “Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with diverse viewpoints”

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Post by bogota »

jszymborski wrote: post #25
mikkergp wrote: post #7

This sort of justifies the viewpoint that despite all his bluster, Elon will probably run Twitter the way a "reasonable executive" would. Not just release the hounds. Keep the advertisers happy, but try to reduce the reliance on advertisers. Keep moderating content to reduce abuse, maybe eliminate the high profile banning but a person on the ground will have largely the same experience. (probably less action on more…

A bunch of accounts like The Babylon Bee and Ye have been unbanned w/o input from any such committee of diverse viewpoints. I don't have much faith that Musk will not act unilaterally in service of his friends and allies.

That happened before elon officially took over. He replied to a question about it on Twitter and i really don’t see him lying about it.

Im not a elon fan. At all. but the knee jerk reaction he gets at this point is kind of deserved… however you’re better off not falling into that trap.

Re: “Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with diverse viewpoints”

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Post by negamax »

halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #188
hitpointdrew wrote: post #182

Finally, diversity of ideas, and not diversity of skin color.

You cannot have the former without the latter.

As a PoC imo diversity of ideas/viewpoints is much more important

Re: “Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with diverse viewpoints”

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Post by LastTrain »

jszymborski wrote: post #25
mikkergp wrote: post #7

This sort of justifies the viewpoint that despite all his bluster, Elon will probably run Twitter the way a "reasonable executive" would. Not just release the hounds. Keep the advertisers happy, but try to reduce the reliance on advertisers. Keep moderating content to reduce abuse, maybe eliminate the high profile banning but a person on the ground will have largely the same experience. (probably less action on more…

A bunch of accounts like The Babylon Bee and Ye have been unbanned w/o input from any such committee of diverse viewpoints. I don't have much faith that Musk will not act unilaterally in service of his friends and allies.

I would imagine the committee is not bound by past decisions, so it would follow that we'd see accounts getting unbanned at first.

Re: “Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with diverse viewpoints”

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Post by TulliusCicero »

mikkergp wrote: post #7

This sort of justifies the viewpoint that despite all his bluster, Elon will probably run Twitter the way a "reasonable executive" would. Not just release the hounds. Keep the advertisers happy, but try to reduce the reliance on advertisers. Keep moderating content to reduce abuse, maybe eliminate the high profile banning but a person on the ground will have largely the same experience. (probably less action on more…

This is rather confusing to me.

Earlier this year he seemed pretty set on the idea of allowing whatever's legal, making Twitter all about free speech. But now it'll just get some minor changes? If it's true, why the change of heart?

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Post by ErikVandeWater »

kevingadd wrote: post #154
thekashifmalik wrote: post #149

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Neonazis on social media is an ACTUAL PROBLEM that is relevant in a lot of contexts today, for example one of Putin's absurd false justifications for his invasion is to 'clean nazis out'. Don't just see the word 'nazi' and flip out. Nazis are back and making real strides in many countries and spaces.

> Neonazis on social media is an ACTUAL PROBLEM

No, it's just easy ratings when the media can find examples of Neo-Nazis.

Re: “Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with diverse viewpoints”

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Post by josephcsible »

hn2017 wrote: post #31

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/28/eu-official-warns-musk-hell-... will still have to oblige. Definitely no "hate speech, incitement to terrorism and child sexual abuse." For his part, Musk has said he wouldn’t allow illegal content on the platform.

The EU doesn't have worldwide jurisdiction over prohibited speech. Why should an American company have to take down anything that's legal here, even if it wouldn't be there?
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