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posted by mrpg on Friday October 19 2018, @04:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the #canceltwitter dept.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey wants to fix 'filter bubbles' on the social network

[...] Dorsey noted that the site by design allows users to follow certain accounts, which could skew their perception of the world. If users followed a certain topic or interest, they might see more tweets from people with different viewpoints, he said.

Twitter needs to give users more tools to break down these bubbles, Dorsey acknowledged.

But as social media sites face allegations that it's suppressing conservative voices, these companies are also grappling with free speech concerns.

Also at CNBC, WIRED


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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @05:22PM (11 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @05:22PM (#751030)

    Orange man bad

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @05:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @05:42PM (#751048)

    AHAHAHA, best MEME ever.

    Why would Jack have all the NPCs banned, but allow real bots to persist? Maybe he is just as full of shit as it appears?

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by ikanreed on Friday October 19 2018, @08:46PM (9 children)

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 19 2018, @08:46PM (#751142) Journal

    So you guys really don't realize that you look like complete and utter retards?

    Like, when I heard about this, "No one is so retarded as to go 'yes this makes me look like I'm smart'", but no, the new right wing "idea" is to take one of the dumbest philosophical concepts that's practically synonymous with young-teen stoners, and filter it through being the kind of loser who spends their whole life playing games.

    Ya'll are actually real. I'm amazed.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by jmorris on Friday October 19 2018, @08:58PM (6 children)

      by jmorris (4844) on Friday October 19 2018, @08:58PM (#751149)

      That is because the meme is aimed right at you. The person being pointed out for ridicule rarely laughs, everyone else does.

      For a couple of years now people like you have been robotically calling people like me Russian bots, Russian agents and far worse. So now the chans have flipped the script. And it works. You guys not only do not think, you punish it. Every "thought" in your mind must come prepackaged and stamped with the blessing of a Blue-Check Twitter account, a late nite "comic", a MSM talking head or another similar approved authority figure. Your talking points are utterly predictable to the point the permitted range you you can debate can be replaced with an algorithm. You preach Diversity and Tolerance but obviously lie since any diversity of thought will be met with an intolerant mob.

      • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @10:09PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @10:09PM (#751178)

        You are describing yourself. #facepalm

        You are indeed real. Real dumb.

      • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @10:14PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @10:14PM (#751180)

        Um, those weren't people, jmorris, those were other Russian bots. And, like, they would know about you, wouldn't they?

        • (Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday October 21 2018, @08:32PM

          by Bot (3902) on Sunday October 21 2018, @08:32PM (#751767) Journal

          > Um, those weren't people, jmorris, those were other Russian bots

          well, the fact that they are Russian does not make them less "people" than you and me.

          --
          Account abandoned.
      • (Score: 3, Flamebait) by ikanreed on Saturday October 20 2018, @12:12AM (2 children)

        by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Saturday October 20 2018, @12:12AM (#751214) Journal

        There is no diversity of thought to be gained from you. Your wing of ideology hasn't contributed anything resembling genuine input into the national debate for upwards of 40 years now. Start having actual thoughts.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @12:59PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @12:59PM (#751381)

          Sometimes, one's thoughts are just fundamentally correct, and represent the foundation for all further thought.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @01:11PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @01:11PM (#751383)

          I didn't realize that repeating "Shame!" as loudly as possible in someone's face counted as "diversity of thought".

          I didn't realize that accosting congressmen in elevators with your made-up sob story of being groped counted as "genuine input into the national debate".

          Shame! SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!!!!11111

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @10:04PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @10:04PM (#751175)

      So you guys really don't realize that you look like complete and utter retards?

      Orange man bad.

      Nobody is illegal.

      No borders, no wall, no USA at all!

      It's about being a decent human being.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 21 2018, @12:59AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 21 2018, @12:59AM (#751531)

      :7|