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joshcryer

(62,536 posts) Fri Jul 22, 2016, 05:30 PM Jul 2016

Twitter is a hate site. It perpetuates hate by its very nature. [View all]

I'm not going to highlight the literal ISIS Twitter feeds, the ISIS supporters, the KKK, the white nationalist feeds, no, go for it. But, you sign up to Twitter, you can follow anyone, and you can reply to anyone. If you reply to someone by using the @ sign, they will see it in their feed. So, say someone hates a person. They only have to create an account, easy, and then type their hate speech @ (at) literally anyone they hate. Easy.

OK, I actually mentioned the ISIS feeds just then, I'll say, that every single one is a hate feed. And yet Twitter doesn't take them down. I don't know why. Perhaps US intelligence has a deal with Twitter to let them stay up so they can track down these vicious bastards, I don't know. But it's literally a hate site. Outside of my very small number of people I follow and who follow me (my friends), I cannot stand the crap posted on Twitter.

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Twitter is a hate site. It perpetuates hate by its very nature. [View all] joshcryer Jul 2016 OP

Thanks for the warning....I have never visited the Twitter site Glorfindel Jul 2016 #1

No problem, if you ever make an account there... joshcryer Jul 2016 #4

Instant communication and messaging, what's not to love about that. Iliyah Jul 2016 #2

twitter does remove the ISIS accounts melman Jul 2016 #3

Nah, they are everywhere. Well, pretty popular. joshcryer Jul 2016 #6

As a highly customizable tool, Twitter can be a lot of things, depending on the effort you put into Brickbat Jul 2016 #5

Certainly. Especially going by the definition of "twit". n/t miyazaki Jul 2016 #7

Exactly. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #12

Twitter currently hosts some hate crap but is not, overall, a hate site pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #8

Twitter is absolutely invaluable for live stuff. joshcryer Jul 2016 #10

I suspect it is kind of like DU. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #14

Never been on MIRT. joshcryer Jul 2016 #17

problem with "hate speech" is, it's subjective. Advocacy of violence and violent content, not so Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #23

Thing is, and this is my last post in this thread... joshcryer Jul 2016 #28

I dont follow those accounts, so ... Yeah, i hear you. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #31

Another thought... pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #9

Yeah joshcryer Jul 2016 #11

There's a lot out there besides hate pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #20

I love that. joshcryer Jul 2016 #27

We have a history here from the old days pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #29

I'll send it or post it to you. joshcryer Jul 2016 #30

That's a good point. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #16

I missed that Josh mentioned it in the OP pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #21

and no pun, either. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #25

You sly devil, slipping in a subtle comment about my sex appeel. nt pinboy3niner Jul 2016 #32

What... Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #33

I just hate those fuckfaces back Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #13

Twitter has always had a problem with asshole control. backscatter712 Jul 2016 #15

I love Twitter. I use it often for work. bigwillq Jul 2016 #18

Valuable method for organizing. See Arab Spring n/t leftstreet Jul 2016 #19

If you only interact with a handful of people on Twitter how do you see the bad stuff? cherokeeprogressive Jul 2016 #22

If I owned a site like Twitter, I would likely allow anything legal. ZombieHorde Jul 2016 #24

Thats like saying the internet is a hate tool. milestogo Jul 2016 #26