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As someone who is hiding his face from the online machine learners for as long as I can, I 100% applaud Twitter's policy.

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Dec 1, 2021Liked by David Thornton

Nicely summed up David.

While I occasionally(and just for a few minutes at most) check up on Twitter to see what’s up, and read up on tweets from some political figures, I ended up choosing not to have an account. I never cease to be amazed at what passes for the latest outrage from “very online” politicos of all stripes, and go back to the real world, where the latest Twitter hysteria is a complete nontroversy.

To be sure, some of the tweets I like and find useful(including yours David, Steve, and a handful of others). Not having a Twitter account limits me to reading the posts, and not the comments(many have told me that I am not missing much!). Outside of that, I’m pretty much out of touch with Twitterverse, and whatever drama happens there.

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Dec 2, 2021Liked by David Thornton

A lot of people have lost their jobs because they were recorded acting the fool. The people who are jerks on airplanes or complete trash complaining about having to wear a mask should love these new rules. As now you can get those images off the platform most used to hold your accountable for your trashiness.

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Dec 2, 2021Liked by David Thornton

If Twitter controls the content beyond decency standards, they are a publisher - not a platform. (My previous version got it backwards. I don't have Biden's puppeteers to write for me and I'm older than he is.)

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Legally, that’s not the way it works, but these would be decency standards.

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A decency standard for picturing someone having a hissy fit while abusing a retail worker or an unmasked individual enjoying a walk?

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I've read that it doesn't really matter - that there is no difference legally. I've also read that there is a difference in that publishers control the content and platforms do not. I know that when legal terms are involved, ordinary words do not necessarily have the same meaning as in general usage. So, I'll take your word for it. This reinforces my belief that most legislation is for political show and means nothing except jobs for bureaucrats and judges.

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I think the difference lies in that publishers decide what gets posted entirely, while a platform mostly decides whether something remains posted.

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Could be. I don't do much posting except on tolerant sites such as this, but it's my understanding that some attempts at posting are preempted.

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Which would be due to their decency standards or other rules.

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Oh look who's utilizing the policy: https://twitter.com/mmasnick/status/1466508463693959168

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