Twitter Removing Likes/Retweets? Update: No.

[Unconditional Surrender]

If you're a non celebrity adult and use an app called Twitter to tweet..you might need to step back and re-evaluate your life

What's the difference in that and a message board? At least on Twitter people (usually) use their real identities and consequently have to own what they say.

 

[Velo Vol]

Umm,

CORRECTION (March 13, 2019, 3:30 p.m. ET): An earlier version of this article misstated the changes that Twitter is testing in a prototype app. Twitter is testing putting engagement counts on replies behind a user tap, not removing the engagement counts for tweets.

Half an hour was long enough to get some hot "conservatives are oppressed" takes in, though.

 

[Matt2496]

Then go start a conservative one. Not hard.

Lulz "not hard"

 

[C-south]

Lulz "not hard"

Good to know he’s in favor of segregating everything.

 

[MercyPercy]

I have yet to see a solid argument for why this would disproportionally affect conservatives, and now it turns out that it's not even true lol

 

[FLVOL_79]

What's the difference in that and a message board? At least on Twitter people (usually) use their real identities and consequently have to own what they say.

Lots of differences too complex to go into on a bbs message board.

 

[C-south]

I have yet to see a solid argument for why this would disproportionally affect conservatives, and now it turns out that it's not even true lol

They have DISPROPORTIONATELY silenced conservative views many times in the past. Whether that’s the reason or not it seems kinda dumb.

 

[mrmax86]

If we cannot see what is popular, then how can we know what is true?

Replace "popular" with "trending topics" if that suits you.

 

[mrmax86]

I have yet to see a solid argument for why this would disproportionally affect conservatives, and now it turns out that it's not even true lol

Because Twitter is already disproportionately against conservatives, but this would have allowed them to hide it.

 

[mrmax86]

Umm,

CORRECTION (March 13, 2019, 3:30 p.m. ET): An earlier version of this article misstated the changes that Twitter is testing in a prototype app. Twitter is testing putting engagement counts on replies behind a user tap, not removing the engagement counts for tweets.

Half an hour was long enough to get some hot "conservatives are oppressed" takes in, though.

If this is indeed the case, then this thread can close.

 

[MercyPercy]

They have DISPROPORTIONATELY silenced conservative views many times in the past. Whether that’s the reason or not it seems kinda dumb.

Victim mentality. Sad to see the conservatives join the liberals in that regard.

 

[C-south]

Victim mentality. Sad to see the conservatives join the liberals in that regard.

When they remove your posts or ban your account for no legitimate reason there is nobody to blame but them because they did it. It’s not like the people being oppressed are fabricating some made up bs to claim victimhood like the libs do.

 

[volbeast33]

When they remove your posts or ban your account for no legitimate reason there is nobody to blame but them because they did it. It’s not like the people being oppressed are fabricating some made up bs to claim victimhood like the libs do.

Who cares if they do? It probably helps conservatives bc the people talking about politics on there typically sound like idiots.

 

[Velo Vol]

If this is indeed the case, then this thread can close.

"Viral" content drives traffic on social networks. Maybe Twitter might package tweets differently, but it won't make economic sense for it to "hide" the stuff people were engaging with.

 

[tumscalcium]

Then go start a conservative one. Not hard.

So you admit you believe twitter is a pro-lefty social media platform?

 

[lawgator1]

They have DISPROPORTIONATELY silenced conservative views many times in the past. Whether that’s the reason or not it seems kinda dumb.

Being in favor of budget cuts is conservative. Touting the killing of minorities to restore white supremacy doesn't deserve a platform.

 

[C-south]

Being in favor of budget cuts is conservative. Touting the killing of minorities to restore white supremacy doesn't deserve a platform.

Yet you support planned parenthood

 

[VolStrom]

Being in favor of budget cuts is conservative. Touting the killing of minorities to restore white supremacy doesn't deserve a platform.

You're white aren't you? What are you going to do to correct your supremacy?

 

[C-south]

Yet you support planned parenthood

I’ll add the black panthers have a twitter page, the kkk does not.

 

[mrmax86]

"Viral" content drives traffic on social networks. Maybe Twitter might package tweets differently, but it won't make economic sense for it to "hide" the stuff people were engaging with.

That's why I was mad!

 

[0nelilreb]

Lol. Keep pretending like people don't watch a commentary they want to hear.

I know exactly how ratings work. You can apply that same stupid argument to the liberals in that same time slot.

I’m not pretending anything , I posted a ratings fact. I have no argument because you make no case other that a what about all the others not right leaning . Again the ratings don’t care who watches only how many . You can’t nor can I say how the 25-54 demographic is devided up . Only that there is X amount of people in that group watching his show nightly , weekly , monthly .

 

[DinkinFlicka]

I’m not pretending anything , I posted a ratings fact. I have no argument because you make no case other that a what about all the others not right leaning . Again the ratings don’t care who watches only how many . You can’t nor can I say how the 25-54 demographic is devided up . Only that there is X amount of people in that group watching his show nightly , weekly , monthly .

Then *maybe* you sound like a fool when you tout those numbers. Lol.

On another note, you may email me your posts and I will proofread, spell check, and otherwise fix them for you. Only charging 5 bucks/post. Seriously, it's not even funny anymore. Your complete and utter lack of understanding when it comes to 5th grade composition is just sad.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Being born in the 50's I've had the pleasure of seeing NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC over the air and cable news networks destroy themselves. I've also watched as just about every news-paper that I've ever read die out. Now we get to watch the destruction of Facebook, Twitter and a host of other fascist news organizations go by the way side as well.

For some reason, people must have avery low tolerance for BS and propaganda... or at least a significant number of people.

 

[0nelilreb]

Then *maybe* you sound like a fool when you tout those numbers. Lol.

On another note, you may email me your posts and I will proofread, spell check, and otherwise fix them for you. Only charging 5 bucks/post. Seriously, it's not even funny anymore. Your complete and utter lack of understanding when it comes to 5th grade composition is just sad.

First , I like it when you are all “hey look at me I’m being a d!ck because I haven’t had enough attention today “ Secondly if you aren’t smart enough to figure out what I say with the typos you should probably just move along to a more simple sentence structured post . Third..

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Because whaaaaaaa!!!!


The key to the current Trump/Fox narrative is "Sure, we are crooks and liars. But when people point that out its unfair because we don't like it."

So in a thread that has absolutely nothing to do with Trump, you have to go out of your way to denigrate him. Keep up that divisive liberal mentality.