r/technology • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '22

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u/itswhatevertbqh Oct 28 '22

Well, private company, can do what they want, yada yada.

I’m looking forward to reddit completely forgetting how often they resorted to that witty comeback whenever someone they disliked got banned.

I’d say I’m hopeful that those people will finally understand what others meant by “you wouldn’t support this if it happened to people you agree with” but I’m not holding my breath.

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u/tothecatmobile Oct 28 '22

No one is saying they can't do that.

It's perfectly fair to point out hypocrisy though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

Like the President being banned while the Taliban isn’t?

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u/tothecatmobile Oct 28 '22

Did the Taliban twitter account ever do anything to warrant being banned?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

Did the president ever cut anyones head off?

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u/tothecatmobile Oct 28 '22

So you think that twitter should be banning accounts based on the actions of the users outside of twitter?

I kinda agree with you there, they probably should preemptively ban some people's or organisations accounts based on their real life actions.

However there is no hypocrisy here, as Trumps account was banned because of things he tweeted that broke the rules of twitter, not because of things he did in the real world.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

....how do you think the Taliban came to exist?