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Will Oremus@oremus.bsky.social |
Deplatforming is out of favor in Silicon Valley. But it works.
A new study in Nature finds that Twitter's mass suspension of 70,000 QAnon-linked accounts after Jan. 6 meaningfully reduced the overall circulation of fake and hyperpartisan news on the platform. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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@stidmatt.bsky.social
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One side (the far right) was consistently breaking the terms and conditions they agreed to, terms and conditions were enforced, and they claimed they were being discriminated against. We need to deplatform everyone who spreads hate speech.
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Taka Hanazawa
@takahanazawa.bsky.social
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Thats why its out of favor
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BA ❄️
@bafairbend.bsky.social
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It's out of favor specifically because it works
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@anathema_device@bne.social
@iamanathemadevice.bsky.social
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well, duh :(
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ImagineBGP
@bearku.bsky.social
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Funny how shutting down liars decreases lies overall. I know I’m shocked. 🤓
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C.V. Danes
@cvdanes.bsky.social
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won't anyone think of the engagement stats tho what will we tell the investors
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Lafayette Coutinho Moreira
@lafuca.bsky.social
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Too soon too late.
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Nerdahedron
@nerdahedron.bsky.social
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The irresponsibility in the tech world is directly responsible for the decline of and threats to democracy world wide. We need new crimes for this kind of willful, greed-based negligence.
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HBSteveB
@hbsteveb.bsky.social
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Yeah and now under Musk I’m sure the lies have sky rocketed to record levels. Why anyone would use that platform is beyond me.
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Gavin Wilde
@gavinwilde.bsky.social
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Although also important to note that circulation also =|= impact
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Kaitlin Has Had Enough
@gothamgirlblue.com
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📌
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Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social
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The effectiveness of this was surely one of the reasons EM bought the site. That and he probably suspected he was going to get banned one day.
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zeep
@ektachrome.bsky.social
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the state of t&s now vs. 3 years ago is fucking sad. but it's heartening to know that there are proven methods to curb this shit. deploying them in capitalism is another challenge obv
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Old Bold Pilot
@n787cl.bsky.social
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Well, DUH!
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Excalibur Discount Legal Services
@kevychristian.bsky.social
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I remember when I used to respect Silicon Valley. Then I realized it's mostly full of libertarian egomaniacs with the EQ of a brick who name their kids shit like Invictus Maximus.
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Penis Genius
@penisgenius.bsky.social
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People in these comments seem really comfortable letting billionaires decide whose speech should be censored.
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Political Film Blog
@jgiambrone.bsky.social
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I have never heard the fascist Biden regime say anything that was actually true.
Your cult-like ignorance of half the story is the bigger problem.
countercurrents.org/2021/12/u-s-...
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Political Film Blog
@jgiambrone.bsky.social
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They removed the Trump lie counter when Biden got into office, where he has been lying nonstop. Your side's lies don't count. To you.
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Wren
@fiddledidi.bsky.social
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I am convinced they are anti-moderation simply because they don’t want to carry payroll. They want extremely low effort mega profit.
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Ariellah | אריאלה
@sodone.bsky.social
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Real "well, duh" type stuff but I suppose it's good having data to back it up
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Kind of sword of
@richardbuckalew.me
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*because* it works
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Carpinche
@claiborne.bsky.social
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The response was a coordinated pressure campaign among Republican politicians to get the companies to reverse their policies and the world's wealthiest right-winger to buy the major one that wouldn't succumb. I can't remember anything Dems did to try and prevent this.
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RonarsCorruption(He/Him)
@ronarscorruption.bsky.social
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Well sure it's out of favor, these people make money by people using the platforms - whether they're good or not doesn't matter.
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Blue Meme
@bluememe.bsky.social
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A remedy Elmo found unacceptable.
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Ernie Smith
@ernie.tedium.co
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It’s like Twitter knew what it was doing back in early 2021.
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Evo Daily
@evodaily.bsky.social
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Notice that The Washington post doesn't have a "Number" for all the progressive, anti-Trump, anti-plutocrat, user's it's suspended since Musky took over.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
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Evo Daily
@evodaily.bsky.social
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Not gonna buy it. He just manipulated QAnon out of the power position and replaced them with the White supremacists to appeal to a broader audience. The QAnon nuts aren't the power vote behind Trump and the extreme right Plutocrats. Bigotry and hate is.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
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tomstpatrick
@tomstpatrick.bsky.social
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And the plummeting lies spurred the Federalist Society to fund a phony free speech lawsuit, fast-tracked by SCOTUS, to get the lies flowing again.
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Angela Mitropoulos
@mitropoulos.bsky.social
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Or, it's out of favour because it works?
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Finnan Haddie
@finnanhaddie.bsky.social
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It’s out of favor in Silicon Valley because it works
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Fustbariclation
@fustbariclation.bsky.social
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There are still tons of trolls from the genocide troll farms - when are they going to be culled?
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CZEdwards
@czedwards.bsky.social
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It’s out of favor because SilVal has turned hard right, so their opinion is worth very little.
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Torr Leonard 🧵
@torrleonard.bsky.social
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“Some of the websites the study considered low-quality were Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Judicial Watch.” Side note: I find it infuriating that Google News will not let me remove those sites from News search results. They are not “news” sites!
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JoyComethInTheMorning
@sheadapts.bsky.social
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And then they put them all back. God complex much, Elmo?
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toonguy2000
@toonguy2000.bsky.social
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gross
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🦋🦋
@b7bird.bsky.social
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Archive: archive.is/yoETL
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@heikofennec.bsky.social
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How much would lies drop by if musk got ban hammered?
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Tony Wong
@thevballdude.bsky.social
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I think it depends on what you mean by “works”. It’s been proven beyond a doubt that deplatforming has a positive impact on platform health. But some people seem to think that deplatforming will have a wider impact on society, and that’s less clear.
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Julia
@sdrose.bsky.social
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And then elon took over.
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Sam W
@samiw.bsky.social
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Of course it did! That's honestly the biggest no-brainer I can imagine. Sure, some people would have made dummy accounts and kept posting after being banned, but most people are lazy. And being banned would mean starting from scratch with no following, so lies are less likely to spread. Obvious.
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OPW
@0xkefka.bsky.social
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Is anyone building any alternative media for progressives? MAGAts built up their own media ecosystem for 40 years - talk radio, Fox News, Twitter, podcasts, streams And now have captured most of the “mainstream” media - NYT, WaPo, CNN etc Seems like a ripe time to break completely and start fresh
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Jymbo
@smurfmasterjym.bsky.social
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Yup
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nitesho
@nitesho.bsky.social
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But Elon makes less money. It isn't freedom of speech , it's greed over morals.
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@sheepandstars.bsky.social
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And yet Twitter still disintegrated into complete sewage
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