Re:Twitter to ban political advertising
by criddell on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @05:24PM
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You have to start somewhere.
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Re:Twitter to ban political advertising
by ianamartin on Thursday October 31, 2019 @12:04AM
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No. You actually don't have to start somewhere.
Starting somewhere bad without a plan is actively bad.
Here's the thing, people. FB and Twitter are pretty much garbage. That's fine, and we all mostly agree about that.
Here's the worst part of social media in general: it's uniting the absolute shittiest of the Republicans with the absolute shittiest of the Democrats and encouraging them both to get together and form a government agency that defines "truth" and then forces private entities to enforce that truth.
There is literally nothing Twitter or Facebook or any other social media website could do that would be this actually bad.
Re:Twitter to ban political advertising
by criddell on Thursday October 31, 2019 @08:08AM
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It's real hard to find a reason to be upset with a blanket ban on political ads on Twitter. You can still say what you want to say, but Twitter isn't going to accept money to help you promote your message. Good for them.
Re:Twitter to ban political advertising
by pengstrom on Thursday October 31, 2019 @02:07AM
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While I can imagine what you mean by "shittiest Republicans", could you give me examples of the "shittiest Democrats"?
Re:Twitter to ban political advertising
by fastball on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:29AM
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You don't think there are better and worse Democrats?
Re:Twitter to ban political advertising
by nyczomg on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:23PM
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While I agree with you, the most vocal of Twitter users likely won’t. Some will be furious if NRA ads are allowed, and others furious if ACLU ads are allowed. And for some reason those are the people society has decided to listen to.
Re:Twitter to ban political advertising
by austhrow743 on Thursday October 31, 2019 @01:57AM
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1. No you don't.
2. Regulations can lend credibility so a small ineffective "start" has a cost to it.