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Re:Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian gove... by Kaze404 on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:04AM (#26939703)
I just read a thread on Twitter where the user complains about the English translation of an anime, and 6 tweets later is saying they don't care about the opinion of "blacks / LGBT" and literally defending Nazis. Can't say the argument for less moderation is appealing to me.
Re:Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian gove... by Chris2048 on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:15AM (#26940095)
The idea that Nazis are the special case where it is ok to censor people, has simply turned into the habit of labelling anyone you want to censor a "Nazi".
Re:Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian gove... by jimbob45 on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:09AM (#26939736)
I don’t need someone else to tell me what is right for me to see. I would never do that to anyone else either.

We’re talking text here btw, so CP/gore/revenge porn don’t count because those can’t be transmitted over text (links aside).

Re:Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian gove... by cigaser on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:18AM (#26939790)
This network would actually bring MORE moderation. People could subscribe to moderation filters similar way as in adblock. Antinazi, antiantifa, antilgbtq, anti-jehowa-witness... No extremism, just nice business and technical discussion. If some filter curator fails, you just replace its filter with another one.
Re:Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian gove... by holler on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:29AM (#26939846)
what stops a "centralized" network from implementing the same thing?
Re:Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian gove... by ttt0 on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:48AM (#26939942)
The centralized network stops itself from implementing it. That's what it used to be like on for example Twitter, where people used blacklists. But Twitter didn't want that and they wanted to be the arbiter of what you should or should not see instead.

And if you want to do that as a centralized network, you'll be cancelled by one of services you have to rely on anyways.

Re:Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian gove... by holler on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:04AM (#26940031)
> ...to be the arbiter of what you should or should not see instead.

I can understand the tendency if there's a business behind it, maybe they don't want the homepage to be filled with polarizing, divisive, or nsfw content etc.

But I do like the idea of letting users decide what they'd like to see other than on the homepage, where I would be Ok with some default filters. Maybe they can be disabled for the inclined.

Re:Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian gove... by ttt0 on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:13AM (#26940085)
Twitter doesn't have a homepage. It's just log in / sign up.
Re:Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian gove... by holler on Monday April 26, 2021 @02:33PM (#26946174)
I wonder if that's by design? without careful curation it could be an abomination