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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @08:51PM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @08:51PM (#751145)

    Pot. Kettle. Black. ^_^

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by aristarchus on Friday October 19 2018, @10:20PM (6 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Friday October 19 2018, @10:20PM (#751181) Journal

    NPC is the new SJW? PKB? WTF? All you alt-rightwing nutjobs need to appraise the rest of the community we you switch out derogatory acronyms like that, or it just makes you more, if that were possible, incomprehensible.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @10:42PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 19 2018, @10:42PM (#751189)

      Watch MSNBC for 1 hour and then CNN for 15 minutes to receive the patch signal.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @12:18AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @12:18AM (#751218)

      I think we can read NPC is the new SJW, except this time the irony is on the accuser's part. SJW derives from "keyboard warrior" so retains its sarcastic tone. The "social justice" aspect can also be sarcastic because most people the term is meant to describe support capitalism, and capitalism promotes social injustice, but this is likely lost on alt-righties.

      NPC, however, has maximum irony, because the speaker in that case tends to, well, act like a Non-Player Character. I believe what NPC is trying to get at is the authoritarian follower instinct. So as we can see, this will make even Acme's top of the line irony meter overload and explode spectacularly, because the people using the term are, themselves, right-wing authoritarian followers. The solipsism angle is just a bonus.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @12:23AM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @12:23AM (#751220)

      Pisses you off to be called a 'bot' huh? Maybe you should not dehumanize others? Do not like the mirror being held up? Maybe if you make more stereotypes of 'alt-right' people and 'those other people' and 'how only they are derogatory' you can get them to just listen to you huh? Maybe you can 'warn us' more?

      OR how about you try listening to them and use the Socratic method and change their minds?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @08:32AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @08:32AM (#751324)

        They don’t have minds to change.

        And if they did, they would be too hamfistedly stubborn, and you know it.

      • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday October 20 2018, @10:16AM (1 child)

        by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday October 20 2018, @10:16AM (#751348) Journal

        I listened. They are imbeciles. Totally devoid of reason, and totally ignorant of the world about them. Change their minds? No, you just punch people like that in the face, since that is the only thing Proud Incels understand. I do not dehumanize, they have made themselves deplorables, the incorrigables, the irredeemable. And you, oh slovenly AC, have just cast your lot with the Nazis. We will hunt you down, listen to you when you testify before the Tribunal, and confess to your crimes against humanity. We ARE Anonymous. We do not forget. Expect us. You will pay for your intentional ignorance. Pay dearly.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @12:07PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @12:07PM (#751374)

          Orange man bad
          Nazi bad
          Orange man nazi
          #PunchNazis