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(The Verge)   Today's headline: "Twitter bans Tweets making fun of people over their weight, age, or a disease." Tomorrow's headline: "Twitter file for bankruptcy"   (theverge.com) divider line
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1261 clicks; posted to Main » and Politics » on 06 Mar 2020 at 11:34 PM (3 years ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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cretinbob [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-03-06 8:10:47 PM  
Yeah, start with Trump
 
Walker [TotalFark]
2020-03-06 8:33:22 PM  

cretinbob: Yeah, start with Trump*


*exemption made for Trump because what he says is "important information"
/they've actually said this

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/5/16855900/twitter-donald-trump-ban-explanation
 
duppy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-03-06 10:21:51 PM  
Nazis, misogynists, and bots by the million are still A-OK, I presume.
 
thehellisthis
2020-03-06 11:36:51 PM  
ok boomer
 
Begoggle
2020-03-06 11:37:22 PM  
Sure subby.
There's nothing that advertisers more than supporting abusive douchebags.
 
Begoggle
2020-03-06 11:37:40 PM  
*love more
 
WTP 2
2020-03-06 11:38:11 PM  
what if i make fun of myself....??
 
abhorrent1
2020-03-06 11:38:15 PM  

Walker: cretinbob: Yeah, start with Trump*

*exemption made for Trump because what he says is "important information"
/they've actually said this

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/5/16855900/twitter-donald-trump-ban-explanation


Well it kind of is important information. A lot of people probably wouldn't know what a complete tool bag he is otherwise.
 
Mike_LowELL [OhFark]
2020-03-06 11:38:20 PM  
Excellent.  Seems I can still mock someone for their height.

/Head of Sarcasm Department
 
hershy799
2020-03-06 11:39:49 PM  
You sound thin. Or fat. Definitely not normal
/Though fat is the new normal
//But still disgusting and shameful
///Self-reported
 
xrayspx [TotalFark]
2020-03-06 11:40:50 PM  

cretinbob: Yeah, start with Trump


Someone called him a "fat, old, syphilitic jagoff" didn't they?

/have a Groupon for Ruby Tuesday I've never cashed in
 
mofa [TotalFark]
2020-03-06 11:41:45 PM  
Subby sounds overweight, decrepit, and flatulent.

// I apologize; I can't hit the button without apologizing.
 
foo monkey
2020-03-06 11:43:49 PM  

Mike_LowELL: Excellent.  Seems I can still mock someone for their height.


You can't dunk.  You're not tall enough.

/broke the world record for the longest time spent juggling flaming marshmallows
 
dickrickulous [TotalFark]
2020-03-06 11:47:52 PM  
Where most parties run afoul with the law is when they treat individuals differently. Let see what happens

/Jocularity, jocularity!
 
Mike_LowELL [OhFark]
2020-03-06 11:49:33 PM  

foo monkey: Mike_LowELL: Excellent.  Seems I can still mock someone for their height.

You can't dunk.  You're not tall enough.


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foo monkey
2020-03-06 11:56:03 PM  

Mike_LowELL: foo monkey: Mike_LowELL: Excellent.  Seems I can still mock someone for their height.

You can't dunk.  You're not tall enough.

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Put some effort into it Mike.

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I hereby demand that I be given a Fark account [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-03-06 11:56:36 PM  
Are you kidding? Letting people lock others online is how you make money.

How do you think Fark is still online?!!
 
foo monkey
2020-03-07 12:02:24 AM  

I hereby demand that I be given a Fark account: Are you kidding? Letting people lock others online is how you make money.

How do you think Fark is still online?!!


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SafetyThird
2020-03-07 12:04:00 AM  
An important alternative is to unplug from social media and live a happier life.
 
wildcardjack
2020-03-07 12:04:23 AM  
Remember when John Candy was a fat actor? He'd be a medium in today's world.
 
yms
2020-03-07 12:07:26 AM  
^^^^^^^
Ignore all these fat, basement dwelling virgins Subby.
 
corn-bread
2020-03-07 12:08:44 AM  
What else is twitter used for??
 
corn-bread
2020-03-07 12:12:43 AM  
The social media sites have an army of behaviorist PH.ds working for them.  They have done studies that show people respond much more to negative comments than positive ones.  In terms of keeping users engaged, the bigger cesspool the better.

Twitter is aware of this which is why they won't take steps to address online bullying that are actually effective.  They will merely take steps that make them look like they're doing something.

The toxic social media environment is a feature, not a bug.
 
Ringshadow [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-03-07 12:23:21 AM  

Mike_LowELL: Excellent.  Seems I can still mock someone for their height.


*stares up at you with sad face*

...

*gets ladder so I can look you in the eye with sad face*
 
wademh
2020-03-07 12:27:29 AM  

Walker: cretinbob: Yeah, start with Trump*

*exemption made for Trump because what he says is "important information"
/they've actually said this

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/5/16855900/twitter-donald-trump-ban-explanation


Well if the Doctor says I'm impotent, then I must be impotent.
 
Swampmaster
2020-03-07 12:27:37 AM  

corn-bread: What else is twitter used for??


Boobs!
 
anfrind
2020-03-07 12:31:09 AM  
Jack has tiny hands.

/Chief Potato Chip Taster
 
jjorsett
2020-03-07 12:32:13 AM  

cretinbob: Yeah, start with Trump


If Trump really wanted to screw over Twitter he would pick some other platform to host his output. It would cause a lot of people to up stakes and head over there, both those who love him and those who hate him.
 
BuckTurgidson
2020-03-07 12:37:50 AM  
Cry moar you fat orange biatch.
 
FlyingBacon
2020-03-07 12:38:02 AM  

cretinbob: Yeah, start with Trump


Nahhh... let start right here on fark.
 
aagrajag
2020-03-07 12:41:20 AM  
Age and disease are not under a person's control. Obesity is.

Now, if the precious Twitter fatties will excuse me, I'm going for a bike ride so as not to end up like them.
 
ThatsUnfortunate
2020-03-07 1:16:36 AM  
well theyre still welcome here at Fark.  Drew, I smell an opportunity here.
 
skinbubble
2020-03-07 1:23:09 AM  

Swampmaster: corn-bread: What else is twitter used for??

Boobs!


I must be using Twitter poorly as I do not see any boobs.

/many follows comedians and musicians

/crapola!
 
AAAAGGGGHHHH
2020-03-07 2:25:11 AM  
"Twitter has updated its hate speech policies to cover tweets that make dehumanizing remarks, which are remarks that treat "others as less than human," on the basis of age, disability, or disease."

This is sure to make some redhats very upset.
 
AAAAGGGGHHHH
2020-03-07 2:26:08 AM  

BuckTurgidson: Cry moar you fat orange biatch.


Watch some MAGAts try to report anyone who says that. They've been playing a sort of "Lets see how many people we can get banhammered today" sort of game lately.

/Head of the Bizarre Division
 
in flagrante [OhFark]
2020-03-07 2:46:08 AM  
So it's completely empowering to be fat, old, or sick.

They've really turned me around on this.

You have to wonder what the end-state of all this cultural sanitization will be.  Maybe they're just hoping genetic engineering will eventually swoop in and make everything uniform.
 
PyroStock
2020-03-07 3:13:19 AM  
Celebrities Read Mean Tweets #14
Youtube nlgWto5zoRs
 
dyhchong
2020-03-07 3:19:26 AM  
Seems to indicate they're just banning dehumanising speech targeted towards groups.

So making fun of an individual because if his weight appears to still be fair game.

Bad: "All fat people should die"
Good: "You should die, fatty"

Bad: "I hate old people."
Good: "I hate that old person.'

Maybe they're just getting rid of low hanging fruit in order to breed a new race of superhuman insult makers. Take out all the easy stuff and people will really have to think of the mean things they want to say and perfect their craft.
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2020-03-07 3:27:41 AM  
What I'm just a good old fashioned Hitler supporter? Will I still be protected? M'reich.
 
Tom Marvolo Bombadil
2020-03-07 4:09:19 AM  

Mike_LowELL: Excellent.  Seems I can still mock someone for their height.


Also their mass, technically.
 
thepeterd
2020-03-07 5:22:11 AM  
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Resident Muslim [OhFark]
2020-03-07 6:30:05 AM  

Walker: cretinbob: Yeah, start with Trump*

*exemption made for Trump because what he says is "important information"
/they've actually said this

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/5/16855900/twitter-donald-trump-ban-explanation


He would literally crap a brick if they banned him.
He's spent this whole period building up his followers by using his personal account and NOT the official POTUS account set up previously.
I will laugh if that happens.
 
dittybopper
2020-03-07 7:13:37 AM  

aagrajag: Age and disease are not under a person's control. Obesity is.

Now, if the precious Twitter fatties will excuse me, I'm going for a bike ride so as not to end up like them.


Technically, depending on what diseases we are talking about, it could be under a person's control.
 
dittybopper
2020-03-07 7:14:24 AM  
Twitter is brain poison.
 
KarmicDisaster [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-03-07 7:16:53 AM  
Is pointing out stuff Trump actually said making fun of him?
 
HugeMistake [TotalFark]
2020-03-07 7:54:35 AM  
Making fun of people over their height still perfectly acceptable on Twitter, and indeed throughout society. See also: Mike Bloomberg.

Short is the new fat.

/Yes, I know: I sound short
 
RedPhoenix122 [TotalFark]
2020-03-07 9:08:19 AM  

wildcardjack: Remember when John Candy was a fat actor? He'd be a medium in today's world.


Well, he's lost a lot of weight.
 
Fano
2020-03-07 9:24:26 AM  
Supposedly making rape jokes and making fun of the mentally handicapped is banned on Fark, too.
 
freakdiablo [TotalFark]
2020-03-07 9:38:46 AM  

Fano: Supposedly making rape jokes and making fun of the mentally handicapped is banned on Fark, too.


Targeting the mentally handicapped brings the ban hammer? Bull, half the comments on here are bashing Trumpets...

/fiddle-faddle!
 
AcneVulgaris
2020-03-07 9:46:44 AM  

cretinbob: Yeah, start with Trump


trump is the only reason twitter still exists
 
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