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Could have saved you some work, the research results are that Twitter is very liberal, less conservative and nobody has seen a libertarian for days.
Could have saved you some work, the research results are that Twitter is very liberal, less conservative and nobody has seen a libertarian for days.
I'd think libertarians would love twitter, deplatforming is the free market at work and the government has no right to make them do business with anyone they choose not to
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Silence is a strong word -- I'm certainly still able to hear news from Donald Trump, even if he was banned from Twitter.
You're right about Trump. Most people don't have the platform he has. Many dissenting voices have been removed from the conversation, and you wouldn't even know they are missing.
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And one might think liberals, putting liberty above order, would be aghast at silencing opponents to maintain order, and yet here we are. Our political theater has gotten pretty weird. The whole thing is looking more and more like unprincipled tribes vying for power.
Silence is a strong word -- I'm certainly still able to hear news from Donald Trump, even if he was banned from Twitter.
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I'd think libertarians would love twitter, deplatforming is the free market at work and the government has no right to make them do business with anyone they choose not to
And one might think liberals, putting liberty above order, would be aghast at silencing opponents to maintain order, and yet here we are. Our political theater has gotten pretty weird. The whole thing is looking more and more like unprincipled tribes vying for power.
Nobody here is silenced. You do not have a right to a twitter account. People can, and do, make accounts elsewhere.
Literally anything Trump does can and is covered by the media; this is exactly the opposite of being "silenced".
I wonder how are they going to enforce their rules, e.g. non-commercial use. I assume this will require some monitoring to be effective. Large scale Twitter API access is typically pricey, malicious actors might try to buy or steal researcher's credentials to cut costs.
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You're right about Trump. Most people don't have the platform he has. Many dissenting voices have been removed from the conversation, and you wouldn't even know they are missing.
Except I keep hearing about it constantly, everywhere, including Twitter. And yet I haven't seen a single one being banned for discussing fiscal policy, less regulation, conservative views on social programs etc. "Conservative voices [being] silenced" are almost always some variation of spamming evidently real-world damaging conspiracy theories or clear ToS violations.
How about asserting that men and women are different biologically? Is that a conspiracy theory?
Or is it simply a dissenting viewpoint from the group-think of Twitter that was silenced...
https://thefederalist.com/2018/11/25/twitter-permanently-ban...
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Except I keep hearing about it constantly, everywhere, including Twitter. And yet I haven't seen a single one being banned for discussing fiscal policy, less regulation, conservative views on social programs etc. "Conservative voices [being] silenced" are almost always some variation of spamming evidently real-world damaging conspiracy theories or clear ToS violations.
I didn't say conservative - I said dissenting. Although I imagine many conservatives have learned to self-censor so they can remain part of the conversation there. How about asserting that men and women are different biologically? Is that a conspiracy theory? Or is it simply a dissenting viewpoint from the group-think of Twitter that was silenced... https://thefederalist.com/2018/11/25/twitter-permanently-ban...
Clear ToS violation. Which proves my point.
Sidenote: The Federalist itself got its account banned from twitter for spreading covid misinformation.
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I didn't say conservative - I said dissenting. Although I imagine many conservatives have learned to self-censor so they can remain part of the conversation there. How about asserting that men and women are different biologically? Is that a conspiracy theory? Or is it simply a dissenting viewpoint from the group-think of Twitter that was silenced... https://thefederalist.com/2018/11/25/twitter-permanently-ban...
> In late 2018, Twitter changed its policy on hateful conduct and harassment to officially prohibit intentionally calling a trans person by the wrong pronouns or using their pre-transition names.[62] Beginning in August 2018, Murphy stated that her Twitter account was locked more than once after she tweeted about issues involving trans women.[63] Twitter permanently suspended Murphy's account in late November 2018, a…
> And one might think liberals, putting liberty above order, would be aghast at silencing opponents to maintain order, and yet here we are.
You aren't liberal, that's OK, and Twitter isn't a liberal platform, and definitely has a political bias towards the progressive left.
I'd rather make decisions for myself than let Twitter tell me what is or isn't misinformation.
> Sidenote: The Federalist itself got its account banned from twitter for spreading covid misinformation.
Thanks for proving my point