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Do you care if a social media companies' employees lean almost entirely to one side politically?

Do you care if a social media companies' employees lean almost entirely to one side politically?

  • Yes, I care

  • No, I don't care

  • Something else

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Provided it is not a monopoly, no I do not care

As there are lots of social media companies the political leaning of them is not an issue. People can move to use ones that they like
 
I care about as much as if they were all Christian, Muslim, or atheist. So long as it doesn't negatively impact service, no big deal. If it does, I'll go elsewhere.

Already did this once before when I left a different forum to come here. Their moderation was an absolute shitshow of partisan nonsense, and the attitude was "Go somewhere else if you don't like it." So I did.
 
…..and of course anybody who dosent like the lean of their social media is free at anytime to leave it. Life dosent require a social media account to be good. I don’t fakebook, never have. I don’t tweet, never have. Occasionally come here to impart my wisdom on the masses.
 
reflechissez said:
and?
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And almost 400 million people on one platform, almost 75 million of them from the US won’t have any affect on anything whatsoever.
 
The flaming lib said:
…..and of course anybody who dosent like the lean of their social media is free at anytime to leave it. Life dosent require a social media account to be good. I don’t fakebook, never have. I don’t tweet, never have. Occasionally come here to impart my wisdom on the masses.
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I like Facebook market place, I have gotten some good deals of it. I stay away from any political aspects of Facebook as it just proves a
how moronic most people are
 
nota bene said:
Try to imagine why I posted Google pages rather than links to various articles. :rolleyes:
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Try to imagine me spending any more time following your links……….
 
Rexedgar said:
Try to imagine me spending any more time following your links……….
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If there had been a Google icon to post as my only reply, I would have used that rather than taking the time to Google for you, LOL.
 
nota bene said:
If there had been a Google icon to post as my only reply, I would have used that rather than taking the time to Google for you, LOL.
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You don’t see the irony of what I found on the first site that I opened that you used to support your argument?


Edit: needs some commas………that’s your fault….
 
Rexedgar said:
Look at the first article that comes up in my google search from your link:

www.vox.com

Kicking people off social media isn’t about free speech

The debate over deplatforming Trump has overshadowed how effective social media bans are at fighting extremism.
www.vox.com www.vox.com


:mad:
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They cleverly avoided any mention of sponsors of terror (such as the leadership of Iran or the Taliban) not being considered to be extremists worthy of being banned.

www.thewrap.com

Twitter Refuses to Ban Taliban Accounts, Vows to Remain 'Vigilant' Moderating Content

"Twitter’s top priority is keeping people safe," the platform told Mediaite
www.thewrap.com www.thewrap.com
 
molten_dragon said:
I don't care if it doesn't impact how they run their platform. And I don't care if their platform is small. When their platform becomes large enough that it becomes a critical part of how people communicate and their political bias affects how they run the platform, then I care.
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Does that apply to Fox "News"?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
They cleverly avoided any mention of sponsors of terror (such as the leadership of Iran or the Taliban) not being considered to be extremists worthy of being banned.

www.thewrap.com

Twitter Refuses to Ban Taliban Accounts, Vows to Remain 'Vigilant' Moderating Content

"Twitter’s top priority is keeping people safe," the platform told Mediaite
www.thewrap.com www.thewrap.com
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I don’t follow, Tex. NB supported her argument with two pages of google links and the first one I opened didn’t back up her position. What are you arguing?
 
Phys251 said:
Does that apply to Fox "News"?
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Not the the same extent, no. A TV network is a means to (mis)inform or entertain people, but it's not so much a platform for people to communicate with each other.

As far as how it's used, Twitter is closer to a phone network than a TV network or radio station.
 
Rexedgar said:
You don’t see the irony of what I found on the first site that I opened that you used to support your argument?


Edit: needs some commas………that’s your fault….
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Commas, you say? Oh, my, let's discuss!

Tell me what you think, and then I'll let you know whether you're mistaken.
 
Rexedgar said:
I don’t follow, Tex. NB supported her argument with two pages of google links and the first one I opened didn’t back up her position. What are you arguing?
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That representatives of the Taliban and Iran have certainly promoted terrorism, yet remain active on Twitter.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
That representatives of the Taliban and Iran have certainly promoted terrorism, yet remain active on Twitter.
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Which has nothing to do with the poster I was responding to……
 
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