Twitter won't let American presidential candidates claim an early victory

[Bradley Prior]

Twitter won't let American presidential candidates claim an early victory

Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. reaffirmed plans to flag tweets and posts -- including those of presidential candidates -- who claim a premature U.S. election victory, as worries persist that a clear result won’t emerge till well after Nov. 3. [Bloomberg]

 

[w1z4rd]

Good idea, there are lots of reports that a certain someone is going to try jump the gun by calling himself a winner before the results are done.

Sanders Condemns Trump Plan to Falsely Declare Victory on Election Night

Trump's efforts to sow doubt have sparked warnings that he is emboldening the most dangerous elements of his base.

truthout.org

 

[Milano]

Good idea, there are lots of reports that a certain someone is going to try jump the gun by calling himself a winner before the results are done.

So scary.

 

[Polymathic]

Lol once Trump leaves office Twitter going to lose relevance really fast. Twitter was on deaths door before Trump won the election

 

[w1z4rd]

Lol once Trump leaves office Twitter going to lose relevance really fast. Twitter was on deaths door before Trump won the election

Ah. no. lol. Twitter is awesome and is not going anywhere and certainly doesnt rely on Trump to survive or thrive.

 

[Binary_Bark]

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[Polymathic]

Ah. no. lol

Yeah no, Twitter was actively looking for a buyer in 2015/2014 and nobody took them up on the offer

 

[w1z4rd]

Yeah no, Twitter was actively looking for a buyer in 2015/2014 and nobody took them up on the offer

Yeah, that was 5 years ago, and they still going strong.

 

[Johnatan56]

This year I think democrats are more likely to win as it's a lot larger a voter turnout than last. Republicans do well when fewer people vote, Trump lost the popular election last time and this time there should be enough extra voters for the swing states.

There's already been nearly 100m votes cast, expected over 140m vs last elections 139m (where Trump has 62m vs Hillary 65m).

Early Votes Near 100 Million as Campaign Races to a Close (Published 2020)

President Trump is traveling to four critical states where he lags in polls and is already gearing up to challenge the results in Pennsylvania, where Joe Biden is holding three rallies today. Mr. Biden told supporters in Cleveland, “The power to change the country is in your hands.”

www.nytimes.com

Last time a lot of people voted for Trump because they were fed up with the democrats, he doesn't have that going for him this year.

This race wouldn't be so tight if the democrats could just offer a good candidate.

 

[Polymathic]

Yeah, that was 5 years ago, and they still going strong.

Because of the Orange Clown and Twitter hasn't really made any meaningful feature changes that will keep those who joined/rejoined Twitter because of Trump IMO

 

[w1z4rd]

Because of the Orange Clown and Twitter hasn't really made any meaningful feature changes that will keep those who joined/rejoined Twitter because of Trump IMO

I love Twitter, but I dont follow Trump. To me, its still the best short form content sharing platform out there.

 

[greg0205]

Lol once Trump leaves office Twitter going to lose relevance really fast. Twitter was on deaths door before Trump won the election

And by "deaths door" you mean 330 million users, obviously.

So you think they'll run to Parler and *not* come back... this time?

Bold.

 

[Thor]

No free speech left.

Social networks are the gods

 

[My_King]

 

[w1z4rd]

So scary.

This covers the story better

 

[Ninja'd]

No free speech left.

Social networks are the gods

Hideo Kojima predicted this in MGS2.

 

[Milano]

This covers the story better

I meant Facebook and Twitter.

 

[w1z4rd]

I meant Facebook and Twitter.

You find it scary that they wont broadcast someone cheating without a warning to their viewers?

 

[Milano]

You find it scary that they wont broadcast someone cheating without a warning to their viewers?

You fully understand that the slippery slope of an Orwellian World is 1000x more dangerous than orange man.

 

[nivek]

They wont let either candidate claim early victory....unless its Biden.