Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders who break rules

Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by thrower123 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:25PM (#21264630)

Twitter wouldn't be anywhere near as relevant without world leaders, and by world leaders, we really mean the shitposter-in-chief. A sizable fraction of their engagement over the past four years is directly attributable there, and the second and third order effects are ridiculous.

Twitter's moderation and content policies are such a mess that it is quite possible to get away with spewing hate and violence with impunity, or to get banned for the most anodyne and innocuous remarks. It's entirely reactive and arbitrary.

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Re:Twitter says it will restrict retweeting world leaders wh... by 9HZZRfNlpR on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @09:15PM (#21266057)

Average people don't care or use Twitter, the newspapers just tell them in whatever bias way what they wrote. Twitter is nothing without high profile users, especially the main clown. Twitter is used by shulls, activists and media people. The tech crowd is minority.

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