Comment by varjag
9 years ago
We can argue all we want, but it is clear that in 2016, blocking one Twitter account could alter the course of history.
9 years ago
We can argue all we want, but it is clear that in 2016, blocking one Twitter account could alter the course of history.
Yes or it could have the opposite effect. What I think is that a lot of people feel hated upon from the rest of the society.
In my country there is a political party that has been excluded from a lot of public things, other politicians telling them they are fascists, racists and just any kind of slur basically. They were even excluded from a party where Saudi Arabia was invited. Just think about that.
Now, they are the second largest party in the country and well on their way of being the largest. They had everything to gain being the underdogs and their opponents has been their best ad for gaining trust and votes.
Fascists are excluded from public discourse in many societies, and I'm not positive it makes the situation worse in any respect. People still supporting them no matter what are typically like-minded bigots rather than some sort of libertarians sticking up to authority.
If they had done that, that would have just played into his narrative about the media being against him, along with vindicating a lot of accusations against twitter for "shadowbans".
Lets say, theoretically they block that one account. What would be twitter's recourse if the POTUS decides to Gitmo their CEO/developers/prod engineers in retaliation.
I read it as: Blocking that one account would have blocked Trump from becoming president.
I think you underestimate the brand recognition of Trump's name. His twitter profile pales in comparison to the years of Movie and TV exposure, the construction business and so on.
Trump has been a brand for an upwards of 50 years.