They basically waited until he had no real power, and in many ways, this is an empty gesture. It's not like they did this shit after Charlottesville. I mean, I guess he could craft an executive order between now and the inauguration, but I'd imagine Biden would just undo it.
However, the fact that a bunch of tech companies can just remove the person who is supposed to be the most powerful person in the world from direct communication with the public should also be concerning.
In conclusion, nationalize Twitter. They suck and their investors deserve it.
They basically waited until he had no real power, and in many ways
More specifically, they waited until they knew which party was going to be leading the congressional committees that oversee them for the next few years. Everyone thinks this is a reaction to the buffalo guy, but I think it's a lot more likely that it's a reaction to the Georgia runoffs.
I agree with what you said, but I don't get Twitter's thought process here.
I would bet money that the Republicans get majorities in both chambers of Congress following the 2022 Midterm elections and that the Republican will be elected President in 2024. The point is, Twitter removing Donald Trump is likely going to light a proverbial fire under a lot of chud politicians. They will do whatever they can to settle the score, once they have this power.
I think a lot of why I feel rather jaded and apathetic about the whole ban thing is partially because we've always known they both had the power to but they actively chose not to because it was very likely more profitable to not do so. It's more than just an empty gesture to ban him, especially banning him on the dozens of other platforms he didn't even use. It's blatant marketing and PR right now and soooo many people are going to come away having conscious or subconscious positive thoughts about those brands. Fucking Letterboxd banned him. I'm not going to say they saved face, cause afiak Twitter finally did it after multiple high level people were going to quit. . There are a lot of companies using this moment to further their reach and image.
It's obviously bad to censor people, and I don't think there is a clear or obvious way to prevent people from inciting legit hate crimes and unjustified violence. But I do know giving the power completely into corporations hands is a recipe for disaster and has serious consequences.
I'm saying it's an empty gesture because if they were serious about preventing harm, they would have done these bans after Charlottesville. I agree that doing it now is about PR, which is why I am saying it's an empty gesture.
The left will never be truly safe from censorship, should they wish to do so. Even if we have our own platform on our own servers, they can always just get the ISPs to block it.
They basically waited until he had no real power, and in many ways, this is an empty gesture. It's not like they did this shit after Charlottesville. I mean, I guess he could craft an executive order between now and the inauguration, but I'd imagine Biden would just undo it.
However, the fact that a bunch of tech companies can just remove the person who is supposed to be the most powerful person in the world from direct communication with the public should also be concerning.
In conclusion, nationalize Twitter. They suck and their investors deserve it.
More specifically, they waited until they knew which party was going to be leading the congressional committees that oversee them for the next few years. Everyone thinks this is a reaction to the buffalo guy, but I think it's a lot more likely that it's a reaction to the Georgia runoffs.
I agree with what you said, but I don't get Twitter's thought process here.
I would bet money that the Republicans get majorities in both chambers of Congress following the 2022 Midterm elections and that the Republican will be elected President in 2024. The point is, Twitter removing Donald Trump is likely going to light a proverbial fire under a lot of chud politicians. They will do whatever they can to settle the score, once they have this power.
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I agree. I think even more than an empty gesture it's just a move to protect their ad sales before any companies pulled out.
I think it is to ingratiate themselves to the current power structure. I guess it could help protect their ad sales at this point, as well
I think a lot of why I feel rather jaded and apathetic about the whole ban thing is partially because we've always known they both had the power to but they actively chose not to because it was very likely more profitable to not do so. It's more than just an empty gesture to ban him, especially banning him on the dozens of other platforms he didn't even use. It's blatant marketing and PR right now and soooo many people are going to come away having conscious or subconscious positive thoughts about those brands. Fucking Letterboxd banned him. I'm not going to say they saved face, cause afiak Twitter finally did it after multiple high level people were going to quit. . There are a lot of companies using this moment to further their reach and image.
It's obviously bad to censor people, and I don't think there is a clear or obvious way to prevent people from inciting legit hate crimes and unjustified violence. But I do know giving the power completely into corporations hands is a recipe for disaster and has serious consequences.
I'm saying it's an empty gesture because if they were serious about preventing harm, they would have done these bans after Charlottesville. I agree that doing it now is about PR, which is why I am saying it's an empty gesture.
yeah definitely agree, i was just riffing off that figure of speech.
wish we had some kind of federated platform we could run ourselves
The left will never be truly safe from censorship, should they wish to do so. Even if we have our own platform on our own servers, they can always just get the ISPs to block it.
they cant censor me from screaming on my roof at 2 am
You'd be surprised. A bullet through the head has historically been a good way to do just that.
I will scream so loud that any projectile will vaporize upon nearing my head
In that case, you'll be doing the bullet's job as your own head dissolves.
i scream so loud that my head stays intact too
What good is your head if your vocal chords have dissolved?
you're talking some mad shit for someone within screaming distance
Not in the universe where your head stays intact.
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