Twitter permanently bans Donald Trump

[yebocan]

To me, the far left and far right are both bad.
Why would you excuse BLM and Antifa?

BLM , their struggle resonates with me ... fighting a reality where they are second grade citizens. I can not listen to such injustice and not be moved, ... essentially our ZA story from another perspective/vantage point. Antifa, to be honest, hear about them.... but have no interest to finding out what they are, just like QAnon ...

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

What reality are you living in?

List of most-followed Twitter accounts - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You are using followers as a metric. It's actually what social media calls "engagement" that earns them the billions of $$$.

 

[AlmightyBender]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1348599979091365888

Merkel: Ph.D in chemistry

She knows what us conservatives have been saying for a while: "What they do to him, they can do to the rest of us"

Perhaps growing up East Germany gives her a good perspective of where this going unlike your average Western leftie...

I'm pretty sure that if you can manage to stop yourself from inciting violence and generally being a c**t of of human being you're gonna be fine.

If you can't do that.... actions... consequences...

 

[AlmightyBender]

You are using followers as a metric. It's actually what social media calls "engagement" that earns them the billions of $$$.

At least I have metrics. You wanna post some metrics of Trump's "engagement" volumes as a percentage of total "engagement" volumes to back up your assertion?

 

[Pegasus]

BLM , their struggle resonates with me ... fighting a reality where they are second grade citizens. I can not listen to such injustice and not be moved, ... essentially our ZA story from another perspective/vantage point. Antifa, to be honest, hear about them.... but have no interest to finding out what they are, just like QAnon ...

I get the struggle, and yes they had it even worse than black people here from what I can tell, I just don't like the breaking and burning etc.

Doesn't make me want to support them.

I don't really know what to make of QAnon.
They don't actually have a cause.
Just plain dof people.

 

[yebocan]

I get the struggle, and yes they had it even worse than black people here from what I can tell, I just don't like the breaking and burning etc.

Doesn't make me want to support them.

I don't really know what to make of QAnon.
They don't actually have a cause.
Just plain dof people.

well asking nicely and being polite, for centuries....only gets you so far. Don't get me wrong, I have my opinion...but try not to give my energy nor emotion to topics...observer status...sure sometimes I do get pulled in, but try my level best not to. Ultimately, things are what they are....in the end , everything will balance out for the good of all.

 

[Pegasus]

well asking nicely and being polite, for centuries....only gets you so far. Don't get me wrong, I have my opinion...but try not to give my energy nor emotion to topics...observer status...sure sometimes I do get pulled in, but try my level best not to. Ultimately, things are what they are....in the end , everything will balance out for the good of all.

Hopefully.

Maybe bringing all the issues out in the open will help solve the problems.
Life has definitely getting better for people over the last century, and hopefully that will continue even though we take a step backwards every now and again.

 

[LCBXX]

I'm glad to see that Twitter is finally starting to consistently enforce their rules on those found breaking them, regardless of who the users are.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

At least I have metrics. You wanna post some metrics of Trump's "engagement" volumes as a percentage of total "engagement" volumes to back up your assertion?

Well, it's hard to do, because I was going to for a combination of like, Retweets & comments from Trump tweets but then I realised those aren't the perfect metrics because you can get some who retweets Trump's tweet with a comment, which can lead to their own likes/comments/RTs and those likes/comments/RTs should be added to Trump's engagement levels. Twitter would have this information, but I'm unaware of any of that kind of data being released.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1348610379988021248

Merkel

 

[greg0205]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1348610379988021248

Merkel

Donnie hates Angela, half the Brits hate the EU, and here's Chris with the love emoji.

We're in the upside down.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

I get the struggle, and yes they had it even worse than black people here from what I can tell, I just don't like the breaking and burning etc.

Doesn't make me want to support them.

I don't really know what to make of QAnon.
They don't actually have a cause.
Just plain dof people.

QAnon is what you get through the increasing atomisation of society (nothing has fully replaced trade unions, the church and social clubs which were a way to tie yourself to the community you lived in), loneliness, the internet and social media, especially the algorithms which manipulate human behaviour.

 

[RudderVator]

If they had banned him before, he would have done his executive order thing and ended their business.

Well then if Silicon valley and big tech claim to be such “morally upstanding citizens” as they say they are they could have fought more against him or any other group that incite violence even if they where gonna get reprimanded with legislation.

When you claim to do good by censorship you better make sure you sensor all groups that incite violence not just Trump for example.

To me it just seems like they are fence sitters that just swing in the direction of those in power at the time. The winds are changing now and hence you see their sudden “action”

 

[R13...]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1348610379988021248

Merkel

But you've always misliked her for the EU?

 

[Pegasus]

QAnon is what you get through the increasing atomisation of society (nothing has fully replaced trade unions, the church and social clubs which were a way to tie yourself to the community you lived in), loneliness, the internet and social media, especially the algorithms which manipulate human behaviour.

It is sad that people fall for stuff like this.

 

[RudderVator]

The old Twitter double standards.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1347877486672146432

Facts

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

But you've always misliked her for the EU?

Yeah...and? That has no bearing on how I view her other views.

 

[daveza]

I personally think the ban is problematic as well as how big tech have been behaving even through the whole BLM saga. But, why do you quote her qualifications? Do you remember the group of 63? Hint: Boeremag.

Edit: Twitter will be boring without Trump's narcissistic ramblings when he can't sleep. Plus he is really good at giving mocking names often to people he lauded just days past. He's like Lazy Leo from asoiaf.

If I'm interested in toddler tantrums I'll go to a nursery school.

I wonder what it's like to have a child as a parent.

 

[Pegasus]

Yeah...and? That has no bearing on how I view her other views.

Know your audience.

 

[R13...]

Yeah...and? That has no bearing on how I view her other views.

You seem to hold such a black and white view of the world that it is surprising you'd flip on her because she's now supporting a position you hold dearer to heart.