US Election 2020 Thread

[Chocoholic]

Twitter users have been banned for varying periods of time for calling people names, and still they allow that piece of shit keep his account, even with the warnings that his claims are disputed.

 

 

[Gnasher]

5 minutes ago, Numero said:

Yeah. I have a massive problem with how it works. It’s an incredible tool for misinformation and group think. 

And other more established media outlets are not?

[Aventus]

[Captain Turdseye]

One minute until the curfew kicks in...

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

6 minutes ago, Chocoholic said:

Twitter users have been banned for varying periods of time for calling people names, and still they allow that piece of shit keep his account, even with the warnings that his claims are disputed.

 

 

That's Wembley in 1986, that pic. 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

MSNBC/NBC are reporting that the woman who was shot has now died. 

[Anubis]

 

 

[Numero Veinticinco]

8 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

And other more established media outlets are not?

Ok. 

[Captain Turdseye]

What time do the shops shut so the looting can begin?

[Numero Veinticinco]

13 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Have you seen the social dilemma on Netflix? It's actively designed to fuck people up, the more conspiracy shit you look at the more it feeds the beast.

I haven’t dared watch it yet. It’ll drive me around the twist. I do need to get on it though. 

[Section_31]

5 minutes ago, Nelly-Torres said:

MSNBC/NBC are reporting that the woman who was shot has now died. 

Protestor wasn't she? Chat shit, get banged.

[Megadrive Man]

24 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

I reckon the first thing Biden and his new senate will do is get a grip of social media, it's hugely to blame for all this.

How though?

 

Its too late to do anything about it now, unless you want to go down the Chinese route of full censorship? 

 

Its the education, or lack of, around social media that's the problem. They could bring in social media training as part of the school syllabus like they have in Finland, but that will take decades to filter through.  

 

[Gnasher]

7 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Protestor wasn't she? Chat shit, get banged.

Nice.

[Rico1304]

13 arrests.  Bet the buffoon pardons them all. 

[Guest]

 

 

 

[Section_31]

6 minutes ago, MegadriveMan said:

How though?

 

Its too late to do anything about it now, unless you want to go down the Chinese route of full censorship? 

 

Its the education, or lack of around social media that's the problem. They could bring in social media training as part of the school syllabus like they have in Finland, but that will take decades to filter through.  

 

Firstly make them liable for any misinformation or defamation they publish. Ofcom and press regulation does it with regular media. If you were a paper and ran a letter stating that Trump was fighting a cabal of satanic pedophiles led by the Clintons, you could expect some solicitors letters. 

 

Check out that documentary I mentioned, the social dilemma. It's not the platforms that are the problem as such, it's the way the algorithms pester you for clicks. Basically they try to suss out what makes you engage and then they hammer you with it. So if you watch a conspiracy vid, you get more and more. Twitter is also designed around engagement and engagement tends to be negative, people reacting angrily or abusing people for instance on twitter. It's clickbait that works by prodding your baser instincts.

 

It's a huge issue.

[Gnasher]

5 minutes ago, MegadriveMan said:

How though?

 

Its too late to do anything about it now, unless you want to go down the Chinese route of full censorship? 

 

Its the education, or lack of, around social media that's the problem. They could bring in social media training as part of the school syllabus like they have in Finland, but that will take decades to filter through.  

 

Exactly, the genie is out the bottle, very difficult to marshal without the allegations of breach of free speech. It's easy to spout lazy soundbites far more difficult to implement.

[Section_31]

Gnasher, have you ever been right about anything?

[Gnasher]

3 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Firstly make them liable for any misinformation or defamation they publish. Ofcom and press regulation does it with regular media. If you were a paper and ran a letter stating that Trump was fighting a cabal of satanic pedophiles led by the Clintons, you could expect some solicitors letters. 

 

Check out that documentary I mentioned, the social dilemma. It's not the platforms that are the problem as such, it's the way the algorithms pester you for clicks. Basically they try to suss out what makes you engage and then they hammer you with it. So if you watch a conspiracy vid, you get more and more. Twitter is also designed around engagement and engagement tends to be negative, people reacting angrily or abusing people for instance on twitter. It's clickbait that works by prodding your baser instincts.

 

It's a huge issue.

With all due respect I think you'll find policing the internet a lot more difficult than the job the press regulator does. 

[Rico1304]

Just now, Section_31 said:

Gnasher, have you ever been right about anything?

Ha ha ha 

[Gnasher]

Just now, Section_31 said:

Gnasher, have you ever been right about anything?

Opinions. The wrongs are in your head.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Very good reporting piece from ITV News. 

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/itvnews/status/1346952339886923786

[Megadrive Man]

@Section_31

 

We see it with tabloid newspaper's though where they have some huge front page story about some one show type presenter is alleged to be cheating on his wife, then if it turns out not to be entirely accurate they print a tiny apology in a small column on page 29 months later. Obviously by then its too late, the damage is done.

 

Most people will get banned on social media if they write/post something incredibly offensive and people report it. 

 

I will watch that documentary when i'm in the right frame of mind for it. Probably won't be until about 2023 though at the rate things are going. 

[Preston Red]

Trump: How am I doing, Boss?

 

Hitler & Mussolini:

 

You know the rest.