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by webosdude 3119 days ago
Twitter still being unprofitable cannot afford to loose Trump from it's network so whatever he says on twitter is basically gonna get a pass from them. This is really sad. I think twitter should just scrap it's arbitrary posting guidelines and allow all the content. In few years Twitter is gonna degenerate into network of trash talkers and will loose many of it's sane users.
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But as an advertising-based media company, it's terrible business strategy to keep Trump, because major commercial advertisers - the kind that buys millions of dollars in ads, not the mom-and-pop social media outlets - actually have very specific and written standards on content that they can associate with. I've dealt with these organizations and their advertising standards.

Do you think Calvin Klein or Chanel wants their beautiful fashion ads next to an ISIS beheading video posted by Donald Trump?

Exactly.

Twitter really needs to learn how to control their content lik a professional media company would.

If I were Jack, I'd hire a strict "Editor-in-chief", and just set policy that states "don't piss off our editor-in-chief".