Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet

Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by cat199 on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:35AM (#20714503)

So, based on the second paragraph of article:

    It’s honestly a very immature tweet. It’s something I wouldn’t say
    today. I have personally grown past the hate of the two party system.
    I feel like I have a clearer and more mature view on American
    elections, as well as seeing past the endless media designed to keep
    most people angry. This tweet was from a different era in my life. I’m
    not proud of it, yet it is a part of my history. Furthermore, it’s
    nearly a decade old.

are you suggesting that this reader is too thoughtful for twitter?

Or that by allowing them to stay on the platform, they provide an example that people can temper their political extremism over time by maturation and introspection, thereby disproving that the flyswatter techniques you seemingly prefer for the moderation of discourse may be ill-suited to actually promoting healthy discourse?

I'm not following the logic.

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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by moksly on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:57AM (#20714683)

You know, when I read that paragraph I was actually on board with the author. We’ve probably all said stupid things on the internet at one point.

Then I read the actual tweet and lost all sympathy. It’s just so horrible, and, I think the author actually shows a lack of growth by dismissing it as this 9 year old “immature” mistake.

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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by wincy on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:02AM (#20715224)

Man I’m glad Twitter didn’t exist when I was young because this sort of tweet had nothing on how me and my friends talked to each other, and talked when we were just hanging out shooting the shit. Every passion was inflamed, everything seemed like a pressing battle. We tried to be as offensive as possible to get a rise out of one another. I’d be banned from everything forever. I’ve learned to not talk like a moron, but when does a person get the chance to learn that skill if everything you’ve ever said follows you forever?

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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by concert-gilled on Friday August 16, 2019 @12:30PM (#20716825)

Is calling some one stupid or telling them to fuck themselves all that horrible to you? There wasn't even a threat of violence or attacking based upon "protected characteristics."

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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by moksly on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:04PM (#20717799)

Out of curiosity I looked up the authors CV, and he started attending a university in 2000.

I do find someone old enough to attend a university, calling an elected official stupid cunt and a whore, horrible.

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Re:Twitter locked my account for a nine year old tweet by edgarvaldes on Friday August 16, 2019 @12:37PM (#20716909)

He called someone "stupid", "cunt", "whore" and "fuck yourself".

The tweet is hateful.

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