Twitter limits users interacting with Trump's tweets about 'stolen' election

Re:Twitter limits users interacting with Trump's tweets abou... by mstade on Saturday December 12, 2020 @11:38AM (#25399401)

HN and other forums are also social media though, no? Whether it's online or a billboard on the town square it's still social media in a sense. Personally I agree with your sentiment, but in my mind I equate no social media with "the giants" like Facebook, Instagram, tiktok, Snapchat I guess.

I'm not sure exactly what makes them different from more focused forums, but it's something and – in my opinion – I don't think it's a net good for society.

Personally, I have no account with these services. I used to but I deleted all of them and it's made my life richer, not poorer.

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Re:Twitter limits users interacting with Trump's tweets abou... by almost_usual on Saturday December 12, 2020 @11:49AM (#25399519)

> I'm not sure exactly what makes them different from more focused forums

Have you ever been on a smaller focused forum without mods or rules? I haven’t.

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Re:Twitter limits users interacting with Trump's tweets abou... by mstade on Saturday December 12, 2020 @04:55PM (#25402108)

I most certainly have, but regardless I fail to see your point. Do you mean to suggest Facebook et al don't have rules or don't enforce those rules? That's just objectively false.

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Re:Twitter limits users interacting with Trump's tweets abou... by almost_usual on Sunday December 13, 2020 @03:18AM (#25405115)

The platforms are designed for growth, forums aren’t. Rule enforcement isn’t their priority and it’s much harder to do it at their scale. Pretty simple really.

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