The Answerbank -V- Twitter

[naomi24]

This question has puzzled me since reading a discussion between andy-hughes and douglas a few days ago. Not being a great fan of social media I know little about it so for those seeking discussion here rather than genuine answers to specific queries what’s the difference between The AnswerBank and Twitter? Pros and cons?

[naomi24]

Jim, //he [Tommy Robinson] was jailed for contempt of court, as his actions would have risked jeopardising the safety of the convictions in that trial.//

Why would that have any bearing on his Twitter account?

I’ve just checked on people who have fallen foul of Twitter’s more extreme moderation and those who could be described as right wing appear to feature heavily.

https://www.verdict.co.uk/people-twitter-banned-year/

[jim360]

It doesn't directly have any bearing, I was using it as a comparative situation where the facts are not in dispute but their interpretation certainly is.

As to the list: well, it's still a matter for interpretation: are people who are right-wing more likely to get banned *because* they are right-wingers, or because there's something about the views extreme right that lends itself towards posting "hateful conduct", as defined by twitter?

But anyway. Mostly, as I say, you can get away with a great deal of abuse on Twitter as long as you direct it towards individuals rather than groups, and it certainly isn't a left-wing haven either. In any case, Twitter is about more than its political aspects: it would be like defining AB solely by the news section.

The main difference is that Twitter is bigger, and so more consequential to the real world.

[naomi24]

Jim, //It doesn't directly have any bearing, I was using it as a comparative situation where the facts are not in dispute but their interpretation certainly is.//

In that case I’ve no idea what facts you’re talking about. Anjem Choudary, who's just served time at Her Majesty's pleasure for terror-related offences, has a Twitter account – and to describe his filthy rhetoric as unsavoury would be an enormous kindness. I’m not going to post it simply because I don’t believe AnswerBank should entertain such vile dialogue - but it’s there for anyone who wants to look. I suspect Twitter, in this respect. has its left-leaning head rather wonkily up its arrogant bottom.

[jim360]

Fact: Tommy Robinson was banned from Twitter.

(Wrong) Interpretation: victim of a left-wing conspiracy suppressing right-wing free speech.

Correct interpretation: Tommy Robinson broke Twitter rules by posting material seen as "hateful conduct", particularly with reference to Muslims.

Does that make it clear now?

[Khandro]

//The only thing they seem to have in common is Tommy bleedin' Robinson seems to crop up every 5 minutes..//

I really feel your pain, but not quite as much as that which I feel for T.R. who has been told that his wife is marked out to have acid thrown into her face.

[sandyRoe]

Twitter may be bigger but AB is much more select.

[anotheoldgit]

jim360

/// Correct interpretation: Tommy Robinson broke Twitter rules by posting material seen as "hateful conduct", particularly with reference to Muslims.

Does that make it clear now? ///

Perfectly clear, I think that explains the point that naomi made.

[Arksided]

Whatever happened to Jimmy Rimmer or Andrei Kanchelskis

[naomi24]

Jim, //Tommy Robinson broke Twitter rules by posting material seen as "hateful conduct", particularly with reference to Muslims.

Does that make it clear now?//

Transpose Tommy Robinson’s name for Anjem Choudury’s and read that again - all of it. Does that make it clear now?

[andres]

I think that Twitter has a maximum number of characters that you can use in a single tweet. This makes it easier to read several messages quickly. Some of the posts on AB are longer and often lead to a deeper and more interesting discussion.

[-Talbot-]

Correct interpretation: Tommy Robinson broke Twitter rules by posting material seen as "hateful conduct", particularly with reference to Muslims.

Does that make it clear now?



He posted facts and was banned for posting those facts. Other not so infamous twitter users posted the same facts and we're not banned.

Clearly some people on this thread are posting about twitter who haven't really got a clue about it.

[Buenchico]

Twitter won't reveal how many paid moderators it uses. However, since their total number of staff is only 3,200, they've clearly got fewer paid moderators than Facebook (8,750) and Youtube (10,000).

[HansUrbancka]

How many Moderators does Answerbank have. I think we should know and a list published of their names.

Hans.

[Buenchico]

^^^ Roughly two dozen, Hans, all unpaid (unless I'm missing out!).

The Ed's advice to moderators is that they shouldn't reveal their status in order to prevent them from being 'flamed' A few, such as B00, Boaty and myself, choose to ignore that advice but most others prefer to stick to it.

[ummmm]

Lets not get into this again, Hans.

[HansUrbancka]

I should have said 'Usernames' of which I know a few.....There's B, B & WB, AH and JTH....to name a small number.

Hans

[HansUrbancka]

@ummmm......What do you mean ?....""Lets not get into this again, Hans.

[ummmm]

You're just guessing and this has nothing to do with this thread!

[HansUrbancka]

ummmm...I am not guesing about the Moderators whose initials I have given, however you could be right about my comments having no bearing on this thread. Although, I think, if I am 'out of order' in this thread it is Not for you to tell me; unless perhaps you are a Moderator.

Hans.