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Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by jsonne on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:13PM (#15954437)
I've gone through and reported a number of accounts that seem to violate this policy after the announcement and made note of the usernames and if they were a left wing or right wing organization. I'm curious to see if this will be enforced equally.
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by thinkingemote on Monday December 18, 2017 @03:00PM (#15954910)
I don't think it's quite equal as there is a clause about protected groups. So I imagine that some abuse can be allowed if the target is not protected. Edits, worth pointing out that the link to the policy in depth adds an "or" to the clause in a less ambiguous way

I'm not sure what a protected group is, whether there's a list somewhere, of it's all relative (who holds more 'power' is less protected)?

Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by creaghpatr on Monday December 18, 2017 @04:09PM (#15955534)
For hint, look at Twitter's trust and safety partners, who determine what constitutes 'hate'

https://about.twitter.com/en_us/safety/safety-partners.html

Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by TheAdamAndChe on Monday December 18, 2017 @05:14PM (#15955997)
I hope Twitter realizes that this kind of skewed enforcement will just amplify the current cultural struggles and strengthen the compartmentalization between the political left and right.

Notable organizations in the list that I noticed:

Anti-Defamation League - The group that decided pepe the frog was a hate symbol

Muslim Advocates, World Jewish Congress - This group doesn't irritate me so much, except there are no advocacy groups for Christians.

National Network to End Domestic Violence - Specifies that they focus on ending female domestic violence only.

Feminist Frequency - Given how few people identify as feminists, I'm surprised this one is here.

There are probably more sketchy ones that I don't know.

Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by 21 on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:27PM (#15954588)
Many will report antifa accounts. It will be a shitfest whatever Twitter does: ban - they are pro fascists and can't distinguish between "good" violence versus "bad" violence, no ban - they have double standards for left versus right.
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by Spivak on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:37PM (#15954693)
There's a such thing as good violence?
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by 21 on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:39PM (#15954725)
Well, self defense is a generally accepted case of good violence.
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by tyen_ on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:42PM (#15954749)
Antifa acts in self-defense? what a joke
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by tomjen3 on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:13PM (#15961725)
It wasn't with crumpets and tea the British fought the Germans.
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by vkou on Monday December 18, 2017 @03:19PM (#15955095)
Why does your country have an army? A police force?
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by icebraining on Monday December 18, 2017 @05:13PM (#15955995)
I'd consider that violence a necessary evil, not good. And certainly not to be glorified.
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by vkou on Monday December 18, 2017 @07:57PM (#15956924)
I agree, but our take on this is an incredibly unpopular opinion. The public genuinely loves violence, as long as it's directed against other bad people.
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by anonbanker on Monday December 18, 2017 @03:23PM (#15955119)
This post is a good example of why spacing is important. Everything after the colon should've been on multiple lines, to separate "ban" and "no ban".

You're being downvoted because people think you're pro-antifa, which is sort of sad. I had to undown your post because it was too difficult to parse initially. Thankfully, your other posts in this topic showed that my parsing was incorrect.

Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by andai on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:19PM (#15954496)
How do I subscribe for updates on this?
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by jsonne on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:20PM (#15954511)
I'll make a post in January and report back.
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by godelski on Monday December 18, 2017 @05:25PM (#15956071)
I'd also be curious about the end results. And am posting here in case it doesn't make the front page (which is usually all I see)
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by m-p-3 on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:24PM (#15954552)
Thanks for your experiment, I'm eager to see the results !
Re:Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive... by cgb223 on Monday December 18, 2017 @04:52PM (#15955844)
Please post your results,

I'd love to hear them. Would probably make a great blog post in itself