your ability to speak freely is somewhat hampered by unrestricted death threats
that's just my take on it, though
― mh, Thursday, 11 August 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
I think the Silicon Valley idea of free speech is an interesting one because they go from advocating the value of free speech (yes, sure, that's good) to then insisting that all such speech must in principle be be allowed expression on their particular platform. they cannot abide the idea that certain constraints on speech often make such platforms better and more inviting to users because to create such constraints then guarantees that there might be other places that people go to express themselves. it's against their business model to put in place limits on speech, and not really any kind of ethical attachment to the principle. they can't really square the circle of "here everyone can express themselves freely" with the reality that this idea will inevitably silence others in that space.
― ryan, Friday, 12 August 2016 00:28 (seven years ago) link
it's like irc, if you are a channel operator you have an @ in front of your name and can do and say whatever you want
on twitter everyone has an @ so they can do or say whatever
― mh, Friday, 12 August 2016 00:56 (seven years ago) link
*Updates /etc/motd*
― Sean, let me be clear (silby), Friday, 12 August 2016 02:02 (seven years ago) link
http://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-universe-artist-quits-twitter-over-fan-harassmen-1785242762
This is one of those cases where I wonder why some people get on Twitter in the first place. I don't know what kind of harassment went on here and I definitely don't care about Steven Universe gem shipping but when you join Twitter and don't protect your tweets, to a degree, you are signing up to be a public figure. I don't understand how people don't get this in 2016.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 13 August 2016 17:26 (seven years ago) link
the SV idea of free speech isn't interesting, it's stupid. It's an ignorant, ahistorical version of free expression that isn't even internally consistent.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 13 August 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
back on the job folks sry for any inconvenience
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
never leave us again
― flopson, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
sry bb
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 00:15 (seven years ago) link
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/im-not-fired-i-quit-a-users-review-of-twitter-as-a-li-1785941662
accurate
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 05:30 (seven years ago) link
some parts very in character, many parts accurate
― mh 😏, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 05:47 (seven years ago) link
why am i banned by @sarahjeong
― flopson, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 13:05 (seven years ago) link
"why am i banned by @x" is a common question. oh well!
― goole, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 15:22 (seven years ago) link
sad!
― mh 😏, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 15:23 (seven years ago) link
lol that's a great article
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 15:38 (seven years ago) link
i encounter ppl ive never interacted with who have me banned all the time, p sure im on some list
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
its rude imo
john podhoretz got bent out of shape over it, a mark in its favor
with intraleft factionalism as it is, i've been caught up in a few blocklists, yeah. i think the only person to have blocked me outright is john aravosis?
― goole, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
i was def on a list when i used twitter
anyway twitter is bad, so are pieces that read like a collection of tweets
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
twitter is actually good but as a white guy i can see how i may have a privileged view of it
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 18:02 (seven years ago) link
nba twitter is p fun.
music twitter is not great, the convos seem to get lost and are hard to follow and fragmented. kInda sad cos that seems to be where everyone is talking now.
― Spottie, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
I am good at Twitter and I am nice and I'm on no block lists.
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Thursday, 1 September 2016 22:34 (seven years ago) link
adding u to a blocklist
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Friday, 2 September 2016 01:11 (seven years ago) link
idek how i got on a blocklist except i like to start shit and tell truths
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 2 September 2016 01:33 (seven years ago) link
some of them are auto like everyone who follows x account will be blocked which seems dum cause what abt hate following
― lag∞n, Friday, 2 September 2016 01:42 (seven years ago) link
how do i follow more people who aren't bad
― until the next, delayed, glaciation (map), Friday, 2 September 2016 01:56 (seven years ago) link
academics and people in my field are mostly boring. weird twitter smells bad. who is fun. i like chuck tingle.
― until the next, delayed, glaciation (map), Friday, 2 September 2016 01:59 (seven years ago) link
yeah i'm blocked by chu and i never interacted with him, i assume bc i follow felix and matt bruenig (rip) and so forth xps
― Clay, Friday, 2 September 2016 01:59 (seven years ago) link
oh bruenig is back as of a few hours ago, actually. things move fast on twitter com
― Clay, Friday, 2 September 2016 02:09 (seven years ago) link
fun ones show me the way @mapslc
― until the next, delayed, glaciation (map), Friday, 2 September 2016 02:18 (seven years ago) link
i unfollowed mrs brueing cause she was RTing ppl begging for mr to return and it was cloggin up my feed
― lag∞n, Friday, 2 September 2016 03:15 (seven years ago) link
there def needs to be a feature where if someone you follow retweets more than 2 tweets in like a 5 minute span you don't see it
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Friday, 2 September 2016 03:22 (seven years ago) link
u have that feature called eyelids bro?
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Friday, 2 September 2016 03:53 (seven years ago) link
i guess it's cool that mr returned? i don't understand why it took everyone begging tho
these millennials -- so thirsty
― mookieproof, Friday, 2 September 2016 05:25 (seven years ago) link
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Thursday, September 1, 2016 11:53 PM (yesterday)
yeah and they help me avoid watching your buster ass spurs play
― have you ever even read The Drudge Report? Have you gone on Stormfron (k3vin k.), Friday, 2 September 2016 05:51 (seven years ago) link
― Spottie, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 19:31 Bookmark
i don't understand. how u gonna cop nudes from amateur hour sticking to ilm
― r|t|c, Friday, 2 September 2016 10:14 (seven years ago) link
lagwn what are your twitter methods?? i see u RT cool shit that has like no traction or audience. how u find??
― goole, Friday, 2 September 2016 15:31 (seven years ago) link
idk its just like from my feed
― lag∞n, Friday, 2 September 2016 15:42 (seven years ago) link
would you ask kfc for the secret recipe
― mookieproof, Friday, 2 September 2016 15:43 (seven years ago) link
i need to follow more """nobodies""" i think, too much media
― goole, Friday, 2 September 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
ya media ppl cn be p tedious
― lag∞n, Friday, 2 September 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
would i still know what's happening in the world if i autoblocked anyone who ever RT'd 'darth'? i think i would
― goole, Friday, 2 September 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
one tactic i use is when there's an extremely viral tweet that everybody RTs but the actual account who posted it only has a handful of followers- i'll follow them and see what their life is like. been connected to some interesting average joes/janes that way as well as people who are very different than me culturally, etc- appreciating that is what i used to like about the internet but can be harder when everything is centralized on all these different social media hubs
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 2 September 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
i don't understand. how u gonna cop nudes from amateur hour sticking to ilm― r|t|c, Friday, September 2, 2016 3:14 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― r|t|c, Friday, September 2, 2016 3:14 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://i76.beon.ru/18/19/2371918/39/99934239/file_10.gif
― Spottie, Friday, 2 September 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
what are r|t|c and goole on twitter
― flopson, Friday, 2 September 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
web twitter is the most broken internet thing i use on the regular my lord
― lag∞n, Friday, 2 September 2016 16:26 (seven years ago) link
yeah the platform diffs are egregious. the app on ipad (phone too? idk) gives you push notifications when e.g. a poll closes, there's no way to know otherwise. and it doesn't do this in your mentions. or on android, at all.
― goole, Friday, 2 September 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
I prob wouldn't Twitter at all anymore if it weren't for Tweetbot
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Friday, 2 September 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
i wish they could save and or sync how far back in your timeline you are, between app/browser/etc- I like to stay caught up and it seems like that feature should be easy (?)
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 2 September 2016 17:09 (seven years ago) link
tweetbot does that, obv not for browser but between devices
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Friday, 2 September 2016 17:22 (seven years ago) link