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by stillkicking 1653 days ago
People always focus on the big issues because they are not hypothetical at all.

We are talking about a platform that has had dubious fact check warnings attached to tweets for a year now, which mainly seem to serve to reinforce a false consensus and prevent open debate.

People being bullied, harassed, doxxed, etc are a distraction from this larger issue, and will not benefit from this, because the only ones you ever hear about are people with enough influence and clout to turn being a target into being a public victim.

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I don’t know. I had an unflattering photo of myself posted without permission once, and the guy tagged my handle that I use for business rather than the other account. It was good that the guy took it down when I asked. But he could have declined and it would have been a problem for me but not so much for him. This sort of thing happens more than you would think and is not hypothetical.