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Should T Mobile or Verizon be able to censor your phone calls and text messages if they don't like the content? After all, they're private companies as well.
I would say yes. If they censor my calls, I would switch providers. But more importantly, if we as a country believe that’s wrong, we should pass legislation
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So you argue elsewhere this article was worthy of suppression, and yet here you are discussing it? Hypocritical.
Just trying to give insight into the reasoning. If this is considered hypocritical by you, what would not be?
Flagging means it’s either off topic, inflammatory, or not worthy of discussion. It’s on topic, and obviously not inflammatory. So you’re left with worthy of discussion... and you obviously are discussing it.
Put it this way: if this is worthy of a flag, why are you here giving soft opinion as to why you personally would ignore it, as opposed to arguing why it shouldn’t be allowed period?
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Sounds like software with no bugs, if you ask me
Sure, but people mostly only say this when they don't like that the other guy has written better software.
LOL this post got suppressed ( flagged ) I think the post definitely has some merit on the discussion of free speech on the modern platforms that have become the new town square.
Even my post trying to discuss suppression of suppression articles, just got suppressed! How suppressing :( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24889835
Probably in this case it's because metadrama threads like that are a dime-a-dozen and never lead anywhere new - they just become generic hodgepodges.
LOL this post got suppressed ( flagged ) I think the post definitely has some merit on the discussion of free speech on the modern platforms that have become the new town square.
We sometimes turn off flags when an article is able to support a substantive discussion. I don't know if this one can or not but it seems worth a try.
Why is this flagged? Even if you disagree with the assessment, the relationship between the press and big tech described here seems very relevant to HN. Isn't removing it making its point?
Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24890813.
Simply stop taking twitter seriously. If there's something posted which interests you, read it. If not, ignore it. Whatever emotion it causes in you, just walk around the block and ignore it. Just don't give a s..t, and twitter will get back to normal in the long run.
So all discussion regarding this is going to be flagged?
And I plan to vote for Biden (even though I'm a registered Republican.)
But I think suppressing links to a story in the NY Post was a stupid and unethical move. And one that's likely to amplify the story, not bury it.
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The liberal wing was upset that state and non state actors influenced the 2016 election by manipulating social media. Now, Twitter is working to suppress some content that they believe is a repeat attempt — the October surprise if you will. I don’t have strong opinions on whether it’s right or wrong, but I don’t think this is a scandal. Twitter is a private company. You don’t have a constitutional right to write what…
Should T Mobile or Verizon be able to censor your phone calls and text messages if they don't like the content? After all, they're private companies as well.