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rconti · 2019-02-08 16:35:06

why would twitter do that?

elil17 | karma 6968 | avg karma 3.93 · | 2021-11-19 20:39:49

Yeah but why would Twitter do that?

Black101 | karma 1094 | avg karma 1.42 · | 2021-04-24 00:45:33

Twitter must be doing it on purpose for tweets that they don't like. That is the only logical explanation.

arriu | karma 654 | avg karma 3.25 · | 2022-09-13 15:21:14

I don’t understand what this has to do with twitter

noahlt | karma 1820 | avg karma 7.88 · | 2011-07-01 23:32:09+00:00

What does this have to do with Twitter?

throwaway_tech | karma 580 | avg karma 2.62 · | 2020-02-28 21:56:25+00:00

Maybe Twitter did this for the free publicity.

blhack | karma 24926 | avg karma 6.55 · | 2019-02-10 18:29:02+00:00

IMO this is a bug to users of twitter, but a feature to twitter the for profit company. It encourages fuzzy communication, and usually the least charitable interpretations.

Basically it's tailored to push your emotional button.

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amichail | karma 14132 | avg karma 2.47 · | 2023-03-30 11:07:06

Is it because doing so would upset their followers and perhaps many of them would stop using twitter?

orlp | karma 7784 | avg karma 14.97 · | 2022-08-05 16:10:41

Why would Twitter settle?

onionisafruit | karma 2542 | avg karma 3.57 · | 2021-01-06 18:41:58

Presumably twitter wants to carry some authority no matter what we want. What they did is in service if their own goals.

idle_zealot | karma 2577 | avg karma 3.95 · | 2016-04-19 05:08:28+00:00

This sounds like it would be against Twitter's terms of service.

_dain_ | karma 3066 | avg karma 2.26 · | 2021-12-02 10:05:46

Because a) Youtube does it too and b) often they get their Twitter accounts suspended.

jwilliams | karma 5438 | avg karma 3.27 · | 2012-09-21 18:23:44

So rather than clarify the new Twitter Policies, it would be more interesting to be told why they are making these changes.

Everyone is assuming it's because they want to lock down their platform... & lock it down along what seem pretty moveable and arbitrary lines. Why else would they do it? I'm a casual observer, but I have been following pretty carefully, and it's completely unclear to me.

So -- If it's not, they should just say. If it is, the Twitter developer ecosystem has plenty of reason to be worried about their homework.

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teh_klev | karma 7155 | avg karma 2.47 · | 2022-09-28 18:42:24

Many reasons including: the tweet author closes their account, or deletes the tweet, or locks down their account or the tweet gets reported, etc etc.

simonswords82 | karma 3218 | avg karma 3.38 · | 2019-08-07 11:10:23

It is something that Twitter has messed up (edit: Again). They shared data that they should not have.

krashidov | karma 337 | avg karma 2.01 · | 2017-10-25 19:43:22+00:00

Yeah I don't understand how the board of Twitter continues to allow this.

matheusmoreira | karma 22085 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2022-03-09 11:47:13

I imagine Twitter isn't too happy about this.

elil17 | karma 6968 | avg karma 3.93 · | 2022-09-23 10:22:00

The reality is that Twitter will never do that. They have absolutely no reason to.

AgentME | karma 4810 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2021-01-09 00:30:25+00:00

Twitter edits their site from the top all the time. It would look like your spam folder if they didn't. They remove spam, harassment, calls to violence, etc. It would not be popular if they didn't do any of this.

earle | karma 560 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2010-01-06 03:53:36+00:00

I'm kind of shocked as to why this is a surprise to anybody?

Isn't the very basis of twitters communication platform designed to be the basis of this exact situation?

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