Casey Newton

Casey Newton @CaseyNewton

@demianbulwa @protocol_media congratulations Demian!! — PolitiTweet.org

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@Vires_Num3ris @Twitter no you didn’t fix it. you just said a dumb thing — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoshConstine muted by … AI? human Twitter censors? — PolitiTweet.org

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@JoshConstine wait is this your real take? — PolitiTweet.org

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@mslopatto I agree. I really do — PolitiTweet.org

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@digiphile @verified @knightcolumbia yeah i suspect well see a legal case similar to the ones over blocking constituents — PolitiTweet.org

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@_mikegalt_ requiring people to hide their tweets from all but a handful of people because of the 0.01 percent of abusive jerks is a terrible solution to this problem — PolitiTweet.org

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@robmahrt you do realize that tech companies exclusively use contractors to do this sort of work? — PolitiTweet.org

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@robmahrt @Easy_E if you’re arguing that social mobility is on the rise between classes in the US, feel free to cite your source mate — PolitiTweet.org

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@mergesort keep trying joe — PolitiTweet.org

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@craigcavyleader i understand that fear but pundits actually have an incentive for debate — it grows their audiences. would be surprised if many do what you describe — PolitiTweet.org

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@robmahrt I’m going to guess that total comp for the Pinterest janitors is well below that of the software engineers and executives — PolitiTweet.org

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@digiphile yes — PolitiTweet.org

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@YesThatMGibson lol very good — PolitiTweet.org

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@FeralHog421 they’re still mocking it up but i agree they need to disclose and make it visible — PolitiTweet.org

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@2sunsky no it did not — PolitiTweet.org

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@TravisShreffler sounds like that will be the case — PolitiTweet.org

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@amy_tabb they’re still mocking it up. lots of details to be worked out — PolitiTweet.org

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@DavidClinchNews @lpolgreen they’re still mocking it up. sounds like you’ll be able to change it on a per-tweet basis — PolitiTweet.org

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The best argument for Twitter implementing this feature is that the men in my replies are absolutely terrified of it — PolitiTweet.org

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@JCoopPhoto @TravisDBartley @kadhim you understand that women receive death threats on this platform on every day? spare me your lecture about ‘opposing viewpoints.’ people have an absolute right to decide who they want to hear from — PolitiTweet.org

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@mrgrimm courts have ruled that politicians can’t block their constituents; i suspect there may be a legal case about this — PolitiTweet.org

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@digiphile the option to reply to a tweet will be hidden for non-followers. there are other options as well — dieter goes into it in his piece — PolitiTweet.org

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@wiczipedia absolutely — PolitiTweet.org

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@mrgrimm because you want the 99.9 percent of non-abusive people to see your tweets — PolitiTweet.org

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Now that’s what I call a Sonos speaker — PolitiTweet.org

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@mrgrimm there are good reasons to want to stop people from replying altogether. muting still allows them to dunk on you and all their followers to see it — PolitiTweet.org

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@suldrew yes — PolitiTweet.org

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@TravisDBartley @kadhim yeah, being called a fragile baby usually opens up a person’s mind and helps them understand another person’s point of view. you fragile baby you — PolitiTweet.org

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@digiphile it goes beyond muting — they will not be able to reply to you — PolitiTweet.org