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by gthtjtkt 3133 days ago
> where even the vilest, most hateful and antisocial behavior should be tolerated.

I'm confused, I see stories complaining about Twitter's heavy-handed censorship all the time, whether it's banning accounts or simply removing objectionable hashtags from the "Trending" list.

When did they suddenly develop the opposite problem?

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They’ve never done a good job of dealing with problem people.

There are two stories you hear:

1. Twitter killed the account of normal person X for no reason (or for arguing with someone who deserves to have their account killed but don’t)

2. Twitter, for once, killed the account of someone who really deserved it and all their followers/ideological believers scream CENSORSHIP LIBERAL MEDIA at the top of their lungs

It's just one more battle Twitter can't win. The problem with Twitter is not any particular political view, it's that Twitter is an extreme polarizer and troll amplifier.