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Twitter seems to ban all Threads links to reaffirm its position as a “free speech absolutist” platform (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A search for Threads content on Twitter currently brings up zero results, despite plenty of links to Meta’s microblogging rival being posted on the platform.

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[–] -3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Deplatforming requires a centralized platform from which to deplatform. Ability to sometimes deplatform real Nazis (but usually not) is not worth centralizing crucial systems, end of story.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Not necessarily. It just requires that admins do their job and be good stewards of their users and instances.

    Mastodon, for instance, has a tag used exclusively for dogpiling fascists and their instances, so even though it's decentralized, people are vigilant and keep the destructive elements disconnected. (Or, at least, make a great effort of it, which is more than we can say for Twitter.)

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not a 140 characters person, so never got on the Twitter/Mastodon train.

    However, I think this is a wrong approach. It would be better if they were connected, but easily filtered. Just like NSFW.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago*

    Mastodon gives you 500 characters.

    Also it has filters. :) I use those too, but I don't have Nazi or Fascist speech filtered because I think it's of the utmost importance that it be reported when it slips through. The upside is that in nine months of being on Mastodon, I can count on one hand the number of extremist toots I've seen. I'm glad filters exist for people who are emotionally upset by it, though.

    It's a great platform and I love it.

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