05-28-2020, 04:36 PM
(05-28-2020, 04:17 PM)Nately120 Wrote: There is a human element to it, which is why the concept of the president using a private social media site as his main way of addressing the populace he is sworn to serve (those he hasn't blocked, at least) is downright wacky.
I think even the bulk of Trump supporters would prefer he lay off twitter.
Quote:Also, I'll admit I know nothing about Twitter, but I'd assume they are biased towards the rich and influential like everyone else.
I don't think it's a stretch at all to say that tech companies have a left leaning bias. They're largely based in the bay area and being left leaning is close to compulsory in most of urban CA. Anecdotally I was at a party with my then girlfriend and someone there started spouting off about the evils of gun ownership. My girlfriend basically pleaded with me not to respond to them because of how it would be received. I should note this was her work party, my personal friends have a rather more liberal (in the classic sense of the term) bent.
It's how this bias expresses itself in enforcing TOS that causes problems. It's demonstrably an issue and pretending it's not actually adds fuel to Trump's allegations.
