Another part of twitters dignity rots away

[Prysin]

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Abusive accounts that Twitter doesn't deem worthy of complete suspensions are now being hit with temporary restrictions. When an account is restricted, their reach on the platform significantly declines. Restricted users won't have their tweets shown to non-followers and even their @ mentions don't lead to notifications for non-followers

 

Again, the SJWs make another move on Twitter. I think we all know how this is going to end, seeing as Ms. Anita Sarkeesian is hired as some sort of "ethics and morals" consultant... We saw how great her ethics and morals were during Gamer Gate, so i think we can all see where this new "feature" is heading.

 

So, if you got any stocks in twitter (still) i SERIOUSLY suggest you sell em now.

 

Source: http://www.nextpowerup.com/news/33935/twitter-begins-temporarily-restricting-abusive-accounts/

[Bouzoo]

Dignity and Social Media in general don't go together. 

[ivan134]

Drinking game time. Take a shot anytime someone posts and doesn't know what freedom of speech actually means.

[Scruffy90]

7 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

Drinking game time. Take a shot anytime someone posts and doesn't know what freedom of speech actually means.

Probably end up in the hospital within 5 mins time

 

[Zodiark1593]

Freedom of speech /= free of social consequence

[Prysin]

9 minutes ago, Zodiark1593 said:

Freedom of speech /= free of social consequence

@ivan134@Bouzoo we found the leftie folks!!

 

 

[ivan134]

3 minutes ago, Prysin said:

@ivan134@Bouzoo we found the leftie folks!!

 

 

I never thought I hid the fact that I'm a "leftie". This is a factoid though so good job.

[Prysin]

3 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

I never thought I hid the fact that I'm a "leftie". This is a factoid though so good job.

no i know. But this is why i found you a mate

just mate with your new mate somewhere i cannot see it, mkay mate?

[Shakaza]

18 minutes ago, Zodiark1593 said:

Freedom of speech /= free of social consequence

I would argue that freedom of speech needs to extend to big organizations that have the power to disseminate information to large amounts of people, because restricting what can be said on those platforms gives them undue power to control what people know and what opinions they can have. Social consequence refers to individuals and small groups of people, not those in power. One might consider it trite to complain about this happening on Twitter of all places, but it is still a very important social media platform.

[Memories4K]

21 minutes ago, Zodiark1593 said:

Freedom of speech /= free of social consequence

I didn't realize because i like Capitalism more than Socialism (*cough* recent events *cough* empathy *cough* i'm not saying what you think i'm saying *cough*) that means it's legally justified for me to get curbstomped.

Nobody has a problem with being socially excluded for their views or speech.
It's when it's not so simple social consequence and extends to other areas that should be protected.
Like how my employer shouldn't be able to terminate me because of my religious beliefs/practices or the fact i might be an AMD fanboy and they might be an Nvidia fanboy.
Although, this is outside the topic; Twitter is a private company, they can do what they want and moderate however they want.
The market will decide how far they go. 

[Dackzy]

37 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

Drinking game time. Take a shot anytime someone posts and doesn't know what freedom of speech actually means.

nah I want to live

[typographie]

8 minutes ago, potoooooooo said:

Surely you realize how toxic and annoying you sound?

I'm sure if he was concerned about that he wouldn't have started the topic using childish terminology like "SJW," and talking about Anita Sarkeesian literal years after everyone else forgot she existed. This was intentionally caustic from the start.

[Memories4K]

7 minutes ago, potoooooooo said:

 

Surely you realize how toxic and annoying you sound?

 

If you weren't such an asshole it people might try and take you and your news topics seriously

Here's a good example of ACTUAL social consequence

[Prysin]

9 minutes ago, potoooooooo said:

 

Surely you realize how toxic and annoying you sound?

 

If you weren't such an asshole it people might try and take you and your news topics seriously

mumbles something about sticks and sand

[Prysin]

3 minutes ago, Memories4K said:

Here's a good example of ACTUAL social consequence

IMO, it is more social and less consequence. But hey, maybe that is just me

[Castdeath97]

Just a word of warning, if this topic discussion drifts to politics even more it will probably get locked due to the CoC changes.

[matrix07012]

3 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

Just a word of warning, if this topic discussion drifts to politics even more it will probably get locked due to the CoC changes.

It will. I am just interested in how long will it take.

 

1 hour ago, ivan134 said:

Drinking game time. Take a shot anytime someone posts and doesn't know what freedom of speech actually means.

Free speech = hate speech

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” - George Orwell

[ivan134]

4 minutes ago, matrix07012 said:

It will. I am just interested in how long will it take.

 

Free speech = hate speech

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” - George Orwell

Your tax dollars don't fund Twitter.

[Sauron]

Twitter is a private company, they do what earns them money.

[vanished]

Just a reminder as I can see this very easily tipping over that this is to be a discussion specifically about what comments twitter should or should not be removing, and not a ful-out political discussion.  It will get locked it that happens.

On 1/19/2016 at 5:52 PM, Windspeed36 said:

Community Standards

[...]

• No Trolling
  • This includes flame wars such as NVIDIA vs AMD, political or religious debate.

[...]

 

[typographie]

9 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

Just a word of warning, if this topic discussion drifts to politics even more it will probably get locked due to the CoC changes.

Sadly it's not an invalid news story to talk about, it was just stillborn by its poster presenting within a rant.

 

May as well offer my on-topic thoughts, maybe the thread is salvagable:
Did Twitter seriously have no options until now to punish a channel for misbehavior in between ignoring it and a full perma-ban? This seems almost too obvious, I'm surprised it didn't already exist. Anyone else think this seems somewhat logical, or am I missing something?

[matrix07012]

3 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

Your tax dollars don't fund Twitter.

In other news: water is wet.

[cj09beira]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

Your tax dollars don't fund Twitter.

social media today has to much power over what people think to allow one group to silence another!

[Prysin]

4 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Just a reminder as I can see this very easily tipping over that this is to be a discussion specifically about what comments twitter should or should not be removing, and not a ful-out political discussion.  It will get locked it that happens.

 

 

Good thing we can still get all Intel Fanboy... rules doesnt mention it

[vanished]

1 minute ago, Prysin said:

Good thing we can still get all Intel Fanboy... rules doesnt mention it

Yeah that's what got politics added to the rules...