ChiGoose
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21 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:
Yes I don't see what a lawsuit will accomplish and I think he knows it won't do anything but he's probably just upset and doing whatever is in his power legally to stop this from happening again
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. -
9 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:
It's not up. He banned all real time tracking bot accounts. Someone tracked his plane last night thinking it was him and followed his private car from the airport and it was actually his 2 year old in the car not him. The crazy person blocked the car and jumped on the hood apparently.
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.
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15 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:
Who cares? If it’s not dangerous, does it matter one way or the other?
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.
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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).
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Well, that certainly is something.
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1 hour ago, KDIGGZ said:
They blocked the bot account. They are getting rid of all bots and spam on Twitter, I'm not sure why that's so hard to understand. The person who created the bot has a personal account and he was never banned. More fake news
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10 minutes ago, Chris farley said:
the funny part is where you already did.
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. -
1 minute ago, Chris farley said:
the thread mentioned blocking anyone with opposing opinions by demonizing them.
ITs ok. Like most racist. Bigots often dont grasp what they are.
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6 minutes ago, Chris farley said:
The person in the tweet you shared spent like 10 tweets demonizing anyone not in his group think. DEMONIZING. and in turn its much easier to have a bigoted view if you demonize the others first. and that's what that entire thread was doing.
ITs like we went full circle.
BTW. the Pokémon reply is just typical strawman.
By vitrol you mean others opinions that differ from yours? vs an echo chamber?
And dang, from blocking pokeman to "the jews" DAMN..
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.
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25 minutes ago, Chris farley said:
So people that talk about pokeman are jerks and need to be blocked?
thats just mean.
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?
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1 minute ago, Chef Jim said:
The reason they are considered trolls could very well be due to bigotry no?
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.
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1 minute ago, Chris farley said:
big·ot·ry
/ˈbiɡətrē/
noun
obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction, in particular prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.
That profile cracks me up.
Wonder what PAC runs it.
at least half of its tweets are outright lies.
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.
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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.”
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2 hours ago, Chris farley said:
These Twitter files are sick.
but the law-and-order folks are saying they are nothing burgers. so we should just trust them.
That dude is crying so hard in that thread.
Bigotry is being intolerant of others' opinions.
its much easier to rationalize one's own bigotry, if they see the others as demonized or "evil"
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.
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Might be a good idea to hold off on anointing nominees for a while…
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Excellent news
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Solid advice for how to properly use Twitter:
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2 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:
I don't condone anyone doing it.
Vs.
letting karma have its way.
Aren't the same thing.
But you already knew that.
A distinction without a difference.
But you already knew that.
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43 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:
Roth has had to flee his home...oh no!
While I won't condone doxxing or harassing anyone at their home or workplace, this is sweet karma for this piece of ***** who allowed doxxing of conservatives on Twitter.
“I don’t condone harassment but this harassment is justified”Sounds like you condone harassment.
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1 hour ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:
In looking at the top causes of death for men in the 45-54 age group, the top 4 or 5 causes deal with heart or lung issues.
The total death count exceeds 30,000, and when you consider he was traveling, working, doing what he thought was right with respect to human rights issues, it seems reasonable that he might be at higher risk than he might otherwise be. When you factor in death threats and reporting on what he was seeing, I would think he was under inordinate stress.
By all means, his death should be investigated, but there are other factors to consider.
What a shame, seems like he was a very special guy.
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.
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41 minutes ago, B-Man said:
This is so sad to see. I hope that US officials do a thorough investigation into this.-
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2 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:
Keep citing those laws Goose. You’ll get him yet. 👍
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.
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3 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:
Yeah, yeah, yeah….lock him up! Unbelievable partisan hack.
Lol. Citing the law is being partisan now. -
5 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:
The ‘guy’ was the President even if you don’t think so…Mrs Clinton.
He stopped being president at noon on January 20, 2021. At that time, his possession of the documents became illegal.
Big Tech/Social Media Censorship. Musk/X Files Lawsuit Against Censorship Syndicate GARM
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Right. I’m not a big fan of rich people using lawyers and frivolous lawsuits to punish people by making them have to spend money to defend themselves against baseless claims.
I’m not sure where the ElonJet guy lived but hopefully wherever it is, there are strong anti-SLAPP laws.