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A comment on Twitter locks out Irish Bishop after he criticized euthanasia. Parent comment

Re:Twitter locks out Irish Bishop after he criticized euthan... by gadders on Monday February 22, 2021 @07:23AM (#26223676)
A friend of mine got a warning from Twitter for promoting self-harming last week after he gave someone a link to some documents and said "There you go. Knock yourself out."
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Re:Twitter locks out Irish Bishop after he criticized euthan... by throw0932439 on Monday February 22, 2021 @07:41AM (#26223818)
I got a similar one for just replying in a joking manner about cutting off a limb (in context this was very clearly a joke). I appealed it, but nope, denied.
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Re:Twitter locks out Irish Bishop after he criticized euthan... by ceejayoz on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:04AM (#26224026)
Yeah. Twitter's enforcement systems have a) an inability to handle clear sarcasm and b) a corresponding inability to handle coded language that's a clear violation of TOS to a human reviewer.
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Re:Twitter locks out Irish Bishop after he criticized euthan... by christophilus on Monday February 22, 2021 @08:44AM (#26224396)
To be fair, humans (at least those commenting on HN) appear to be terrible at handling sarcasm. Almost every sarcastic comment I’ve written has gotten an angry reply by a literalist.
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