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Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

#41
post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's not moving anywhere and any Twitter controversy gets more people to tweet about that controversy... Until he forces a significant part of his followers to leave, it's not a bad situation for Twitter to be in.

> He's not moving anywhere... If they're going to block his tweets, why wouldn't Trump go elsewhere? It'll be interesting to see what he does do next.

They've blocked one tweet, and because there's no where else to go.

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

#42
post #2

Link to @realDonaldTrump tweet: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/12662311007807447... tweet text: > ....These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you! Disclaimer text: > This Tweet…

Why is this reply being downvoted? It is merely informative.

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

#44
post #20

I said it yesterday and got downvotes, Twitter’s CEO decided to pick sides in the political battle so they should expect what’s coming to them.

what's coming to them? Is it violence? That's how I often here the phrase "get what's coming to you" used.

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

#45
post #20

I said it yesterday and got downvotes, Twitter’s CEO decided to pick sides in the political battle so they should expect what’s coming to them.

Sounds like maybe you should take the hint. It's not "taking sides" to point out that you're glorifying violence if you as the president are threatening to deploy military force against protestors.

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

#46
post #8

I'm a bit surprised that this fight with the POTUS doesn't have a stronger influence on Twitter's stock value.

He's not moving anywhere and any Twitter controversy gets more people to tweet about that controversy... Until he forces a significant part of his followers to leave, it's not a bad situation for Twitter to be in.

> Until he forces a significant part of his followers to leave, it's not a bad situation for Twitter to be in.

That would force them to stop complaining, and there is a lot of value, and money to be made, in whining all the time and playing the victim constantly. So it won't happen.

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

#47
post #36

I couldn't care less for the politics of the USA, but it is mildly amusing that twitter are trolling one of their most prominent users.

...and a particularly thinly skinned user.

... it is just as if they were intentionally trying to stir controversy, so that more and more people join the trollfest

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

#48
post #20

I said it yesterday and got downvotes, Twitter’s CEO decided to pick sides in the political battle so they should expect what’s coming to them.

Fact checking doesn't imply picking sides. Not fact checking does.

Maybe a statement that we can all agree on would be: _selectively_ fact checking implies picking sides?

I think it's a point of contention (colored by existing political views) as to whether or not Twitter is selectively fact checking here.

Hopefully this isn't too controversial, there's a lot of hostility already in this thread, and I don't want to contribute to it.

Re: Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

#50
post #8

I'm a bit surprised that this fight with the POTUS doesn't have a stronger influence on Twitter's stock value.

He's not moving anywhere and any Twitter controversy gets more people to tweet about that controversy... Until he forces a significant part of his followers to leave, it's not a bad situation for Twitter to be in.

The risk isn't users leaving, it is regulation
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