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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: 2) by canopic jug on Saturday October 20 2018, @01:18PM (2 children)

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Saturday October 20 2018, @01:18PM (#751384) Journal

    No. They come down with the ban hammer frequently and hard. It picked up this year and I finally stopped paying attention to them when they banned TuxMachines [schestowitz.com].

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by RandomFactor on Saturday October 20 2018, @03:48PM (1 child)

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Saturday October 20 2018, @03:48PM (#751412) Journal

    Tuxmachines is alive and well on Gab with posts going back over a year that I can see with almost daily postings.
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    The closest thing I can find was a single posted comment about "tuxmachinesNazis" being banned (still surprising if valid, even with a name like that). The blog post you linked is the only place that references tuxmachines being banned on Gab (which it is obviously not.) Nothing else anywhere. No responses, no questions, no search engine references, nothing.
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    I notice that tuxmachines is also on twitter and mastodon, but 'tuxmachinesNazis' is not present on them either.
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    Can you clarify or do you have any more of this frequent/hard banning that might shed more light?

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    • (Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Saturday October 20 2018, @03:54PM

      by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Saturday October 20 2018, @03:54PM (#751414) Journal

      Regardless I'll keep an eye out, but I just haven't seen things disappear on me there, whereas I've gotten kind of used to things being whacked completely, de-emphasized in my feeds, having content disappear, and demonetization on the main social media feeds.

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