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Re:Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' t... by travisjungroth on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:21PM (#25716902)
This is what makes me roll my eyes at anyone who says getting kicked of Twitter is being “silenced”. Make a web page and you have broader and more direct reach than almost anyone on Earth 20 years ago.
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Re:Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' t... by acct776 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:37PM (#25717097)
But not today.
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Re:Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' t... by bigwavedave on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:20PM (#25720010)
> But not today.

Exactly. That was kind of like telling a content creator to build a web site and post videos there after getting kicked off YouTube. Sure, only a fraction of their fanbase will start using their site to consume their content, but hey, at least they have a broader reach than almost anyone on Earth had 20 years ago.

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Re:Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' t... by travisjungroth on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:54PM (#25721873)
My point is that while it may suck, it’s not the violation of human rights that some people treat it as. So I understand if someone kicked off YouTube complains about it but I’m not going to entertain the idea they’ve been silenced.
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