Re:Twitter suspends alt-right figureheads
by leereeves on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @09:48AM
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> The trending method of improving diversity and inclusivity is through exclusivity.
We should remember the source of this article, the BBC, said not so long ago: Whites Need Not Apply.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/03/bbc-criticised-by...
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/695312/BBC-seeking-research...
Re:Twitter suspends alt-right figureheads
by leereeves on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @12:50PM
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I'm amused that several people downvoted that true, relevant, and documented comment.
Trying to control the information?
Re:Twitter suspends alt-right figureheads
by nnain on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @09:50AM
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True. People flocked to Twitter to hear general opinion, which the press didn't provide. That is changing.
They have also been controlling the trending #hashtags; trying to channel only certain type of discussion.
Re:Twitter suspends alt-right figureheads
by tmaly on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @01:59PM
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What happens if a group like the Koch brothers decides to buy Twitter and ban the other side of the spectrum and control hashtags in a different manner. It's a slippery slope
Re:Twitter suspends alt-right figureheads
by bougiefever on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @11:05PM
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What do you do about Twitter and Facebook becoming the propaganda arm of the alt-right?
Re:Twitter suspends alt-right figureheads
by RoboticWater on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @11:19PM
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There's no simple solution here. Part of the Alt-Right platform, as I have it, is that the media (be it news or social media) is corrupt and bent on silencing them. Suspending their accounts would only reinforce that belief.
I would also hope that we can come up with a solution that doesn't involve hindering others's ability to communicate. Even if it is the simplest and most effective tactic, it seems like that's just fighting the symptoms rather than the disease.
The trending method of improving diversity and inclusivity is through exclusivity. This will not work.
People and groups who don't talk to each other grow further apart and trust each other less.