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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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @12:17AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @12:17AM (#751217)

    The thing is they have a 'moderation issue'. You need moderation to fling out the bad players. The second problem is their moderators are the bad players too. They just have not realized it. They are I would say incapable of seeing it. The third issue is the 'bad players' are the *really* interesting ones. They say crazy things. They do crazy things. The rest of us look on in awe at the spectacle. I have seen board after board laid to waste by bad players. Especially if they are put in charge of the ban button. I speculate that they are not trolls. I think they honestly think they are correcting everyone else out there. A real troll (like the NPC thing going on) just does it for the LOLz. But what you are seeing is not trolling but 'true believers'. Belief that they can not do or be wrong and everyone else is.

    In this case they are literally dismantling the one thing they have to attract people to their platforms. The network effect. I can only conclude 2 differing things and they may not be mutually exclusive. They are either stupid and have no idea what actually runs their business and/or they have so much malice for anything different than them they project it on everyone else.

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