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pinboy3niner

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8. Twitter currently hosts some hate crap but is not, overall, a hate site

Reply to joshcryer (Original post)

Fri Jul 22, 2016, 05:46 PM

Jul 2016

They do need to fix the problem.

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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