RIP Twitter

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n_huffhines said:
Just doing some simple math. There are 290m accounts. I'm seeing that as of 2016, Twitter had suspended 350k accounts (seems mostly due to ISIL/terrorism ties). They did another 166k at the end of 2018 for "promoting terrorism", unclear whether it's domestic or not, and then we've got the 70k Qanon guys and then however many famous conservatives (a hundred?). So if we just say 25% of accounts are conservative and ALL of those 166k and the 70k are conservatives (ridiculous assumption) that shouldn't be suspended (another ridiculous assumption), we're only talking about 3 out of every 1,000 conservatives accounts getting suspended, and you have to consider that a lot of those accounts are accounting for multiple suspensions. So that's on the high end. If 2/3 of those people actually deserve to be censored (violated legitimate terms of service, like posting someone's ph# or whatever), then you're talking about 1 out of 1,000.

All that being said, I don't know what other numbers are out there, but I can't be sure there isn't something significant missing here.
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Oh I have no idea what the actual numbers are.

In stands to reason that the platform with the most Conservative voices would have the most Conservative cancellations. That was my only point.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
I can think of a high profile social media success promoted by “righties” - Twitter

Anybody trying to replicate the lighting striking twice of Twitter had the deck stacked against them. There are several other social media platforms, it’s just tough to be number two.

Twitter is the first and the crown jewel. And liberals won’t leave it any more than conservatives did.
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I said "developed" not "promoted" ... and Hell, Trump wouldn't even promote his own platform. He posted there one time.
 
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n_huffhines said:
If 2/3 of those people actually deserve to be censored (violated legitimate terms of service, like posting someone's ph# or whatever), then you're talking about 1 out of 1,000.
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I can get anything I want approved at work. I just have to code it correctly.
 
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#782
I can honestly admit that my entire exposure to Twitter has been seeing someone repost a tweet. When I used to patronize Yahoo news until they got rid of their comment section, it seemed like half of their news stories were a conglomeration of tweets lined up in a row, and they passed that off as journalism.
Maybe someday Musk can make it into something that I would want to create an account on.
 
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#784
How many new Twitter accounts get created?
How many current Twitter accts get canceled?
 
#785
#785
BOOM - The bird has landed. Deal is done.

Twitter Board Folds - "Unanimously Approves" Musk Taking Firm Private For $44 Billion | ZeroHedge

Conservatives be like:
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Meanwhile in twitter headquarters:
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VolStrom said:
I can honestly admit that my entire exposure to Twitter has been seeing someone repost a tweet. When I used to patronize Yahoo news until they got rid of their comment section, it seemed like half of their news stories were a conglomeration of tweets lined up in a row, and they passed that off as journalism.
Maybe someday Musk can make it into something that I would want to create an account on.
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Me too, I've never been a tweeter. It seems like everyone is just shouting out s*** all day long.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Just doing some simple math. There are 290m accounts. I'm seeing that as of 2016, Twitter had suspended 350k accounts (seems mostly due to ISIL/terrorism ties). They did another 166k at the end of 2018 for "promoting terrorism", unclear whether it's domestic or not, and then we've got the 70k Qanon guys and then however many famous conservatives (a hundred?). So if we just say 25% of accounts are conservative and ALL of those 166k and the 70k are conservatives (ridiculous assumption) that shouldn't be suspended (another ridiculous assumption), we're only talking about 3 out of every 1,000 conservatives accounts getting suspended, and you have to consider that a lot of those accounts are accounting for multiple suspensions. So that's on the high end. If 2/3 of those people actually deserve to be censored (violated legitimate terms of service, like posting someone's ph# or whatever), then you're talking about 1 out of 1,000.

All that being said, I don't know what other numbers are out there so I can't be sure there isn't something significant missing here.
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1 was the President. Quantity vs Quality, or something like that.
 
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BowlBrother85 said:
Devin Nunes has very sad Fox interview amid news of Musk Twitter deal

I really would feel bad for Devin Nunes here ... if he wasn't so partisan. Nunes has been a Trump sycophant from the very beginning of Trump's 2016 campaign. He is truly one of the most loyal and dedicated Trump supporters ... and he is about to have the rug jerked out from underneath him, when Musk reinstates Trump on Twitter ... and Trump returns to tweeting 10 times per day again. That will be the death knell for "Truth Social" and where does that leave Nunes?
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You may be the only one on VN who GAS about Nunes’ future prospects.
 
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RavinDave said:
You may be the only one on VN who GAS about Nunes’ future prospects.
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I don't care anything about him at all. This is commentary on how loyalty is a one way street with Donald Trump. He will not hesitate to submarine even his most ardent defenders.
 
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