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Re:The Twitter Files by runsWphotons on Saturday December 03, 2022 @06:25AM (#33842658)
throughout the replies here people are making this argument but it still seems insane to me. like if you got photographed with prostitutes and someone tweeted that out would you expect the DNC to lobby directly w Twitter to get those down or would you just report the tweets in the app
Re:The Twitter Files by ethanbond on Saturday December 03, 2022 @08:29AM (#33843302)
You’d use the best connections you have available which, if you’re a major corporate or political entity, are way better than the Report button. Obviously.
Re:The Twitter Files by vinay_ys on Saturday December 03, 2022 @11:20AM (#33844530)
Content moderation can be made purely algorithmic and inaccessible to human intervention to avoid this concern completely.
Re:The Twitter Files by ethanbond on Saturday December 03, 2022 @11:36AM (#33844704)
How so? If you know how, you should definitely commercialize it! It’d be a huge cost savings for every social platform.
Re:The Twitter Files by shagie on Saturday December 03, 2022 @11:59AM (#33844919)
I would bring up the post from a bit ago - Ex-Reddit CEO on Twitter moderation https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33449791

Moderating content isn't the goal. Moderating behavior is.

Re:The Twitter Files by bithaze on Saturday December 03, 2022 @12:32PM (#33845259)
How do you design and maintain an algorithm without human intervention?
Re:The Twitter Files by micromacrofoot on Saturday December 03, 2022 @08:51AM (#33843447)
I would email twitter and ask them to remove the photos in addition to reporting them, personally - might not work, but i’d try