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I totally understand that. But maybe it’s actually a good case that these kinds of decisions shouldn’t be up to just one person.

That’s really messed up and they should go after that guy. I don’t see what lawsuit he could file against Sweeney that would have a chance at success though. As I said, you can just follow the plane on one of the many tracker apps out there. Banning tracker accounts from Twitter won’t stop people from following celebrity planes if they want to.

I mean, we’re talking about a social media site, so not sure too much actually matters. But yeah, if there’s really no danger, why ban it? Also, it looks like the ElonJet account is back up, so no idea what’s going on. It clearly violates the new policy.

Apparently the shut down of the plane tracking accounts is due to a new content moderation policy: Private information and media policy Most of it is pretty standard anti-doxxing stuff but the big change seems to be banning real time location tracking, even if it is readily available public information. I think most would agree that real time tracking of individuals on the street or in their cars would be bad. But I’m not convinced that plane tracking (or boat tracking in the case of Yacht Watch) is particularly dangerous to an individual. The plane lands at an airport behind the security checkpoints and then the individual will get in a car and leave. Unless there are a lot of stinger missiles in the hands of private citizens out there, I’m not sure what the danger is. Not to mention the fact that there are publicly available resources to do this anyway. People can just use an app for it (I like to use one to track flights into O’Hare for fun).

Well, that certainly is something.

At no point in the thread does he say to block people just because you disagree with them. You just made that up. Which is why you refuse to support your claim.

Please show me the tweet in that thread that says to block anyone you disagree with.

I think you’re reading into things that just aren’t there. You’re just making a bunch of assumptions. The tweet thread mentioned blocking trolls. The only person he actually named is Elon. I fail to see how that is demonizing whole groups of people. At no point did I advocate for blocking people simply because you disagree with them.

No, that’s clearly not what I said. People who talk about Pokémon are, like everyone else, not entitled to your attention. Removing them from your timeline doesn’t mean they are bad or you are bad, it just means you’re not interested in Pokémon. Nobody’s rights were violated. I used Pokémon as an example because I looked up a lot of stuff on Twitter back when I was playing Pokémon Sword. That lead to Twitter suggesting accounts talking about other video games I don’t play and Japanese culture I’m not interested in (or can’t even read because it’s in Japanese). I generally mute those accounts so they don’t clutter my timeline and crowd out the things I do care about. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. It’s just curating your account to show you the things you’re interested in. I didn’t violate someone’s rights because I don’t want to see content for a video game I don’t play and have no interest in playing. Another example is that about a month ago, I saw a lot of Bills Mafia people on Twitter complaining. Apparently someone who posts a lot of Bills Mafia content was also liking a lot of porn accounts. This meant that, because people had engaged with this person on Bills content, Twitter was now serving them up the porn accounts this person was also interacting with. So through no fault of their own, these people were now seeing porn on their timeline. Surely you don’t think they would be wrong to block or mute those accounts or the account of the guy who was liking them?

Sure. And it might not be as well. One of the reasons I like Twitter, and why I am not concerned about Elon changing the content moderation from a user perspective is that if I start seeing people spewing vitriol on my timeline, I can just mute or block them. If people are talking about things I do not care about, I can mute or block them as well. It’s not some terrible stigma to have been blocked by a random account. I’ve been blocked by a parking lot’s account. That’s fine. I’m not entitled to their attention. I doubt I’m missing much. I also have that Nick Wright guy muted because he likes to troll Bills fans to get them to react and thus increase his platform and attention. I don’t have the patience for people like that nor do I want them to benefit from my reaction to them. It’s generally not bigotry to want to use Twitter how you want to use it. If you want to mute all Pokémon talk, that’s fine! To your point, if you want to block all Jews, that would be problematic. But I just don’t think that anyone is entitled to anyone else’s attention and people are free to craft the user experience they prefer.

I understand what bigotry is and ignoring jerks is not bigotry. Even if people aren’t being jerks but talking about things you don’t care about, blocking or muting isn’t bigotry. If you just used Twitter for Buffalo Bills and NFL stuff, blocking or muting everyone who talks about Pokémon to keep them off your timeline isn’t bigotry. Absolutely nobody is entitled to your attention.

Turns out it wasn’t murder, or the vaccine, or any of the wild things people have suggested or hinted at. A note from Grant's wife, Céline Gounder “An autopsy was performed by the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office. Grant died from the rupture of a slowly growing, undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium. The chest pressure he experienced shortly before his death may have represented the initial symptoms. No amount of CPR or shocks would have saved him. His death was unrelated to COVID. His death was unrelated to vaccination status. There was nothing nefarious about his death.”

It’s not bigotry to block trolls and bad faith actors. That is incredibly stupid. Nobody is owed your attention. If someone is being a troll or jackass, it’s not bigotry or some violation of their free speech for you to ignore, mute, or block them.

Might be a good idea to hold off on anointing nominees for a while…

Excellent news

Solid advice for how to properly use Twitter:

A distinction without a difference. But you already knew that.

“I don’t condone harassment but this harassment is justified” Sounds like you condone harassment.

Get outta here with your logic, reason, and reasonable takes. This is PPP! We need to make sure we blame whatever is politically convenient! Personally, I think the Jewish Space Lasers took him out.

This is so sad to see. I hope that US officials do a thorough investigation into this.

Not sure they will. They have plenty enough to indict, but Garland has passed on previous opportunities to indict Trump for other crimes in the past. So while this is about as strong a case as any prosecutor could hope for, it’s not a sure thing that an indictment (not to mention an actual conviction) is actually going to come.

Lol. Citing the law is being partisan now.

He stopped being president at noon on January 20, 2021. At that time, his possession of the documents became illegal.

Guy illegally took government documents. Guy refused to return them all, then lied saying he did when he didn't. Government searches his house and finds more documents the guy illegally possessed. Galaxy Brain PPP: This is a political witch-hunt.