alt-left Twitter purges many alt-right accounts

[jim bell]

 From: Razer <rayzer at riseup.net> 
 On 11/20/2016 04:02 AM, Ben Tasker wrote:
 
>>But, if every one of Razer's followers (as well as randoms who stumble over the tweet) retweet it (or generate completely new tweets), >>they'll then get new copies/notifications.           >Yup. That how the rat-packing part of twitter 'bullying' happens. I've had that occur on a small scale but I can only imagine a journo or other >public figure having a real problem with it.  You have to visit the account's page to block (using tweetdeck makes it easier). It can be very >time consuming. My tactic has always been to block the first person who @'s or RT'd me but if you're being bullied and getting hundreds of >them it cold take a while to even figure out who was first.

Conceptually, this is like VOLUNTARILY being in a huge room with thousands of people (real-world example:  A political convention) with thousands of small, simultaneous, and relatively quiet conversations, spread out over the room.  You're there, too.  It's possible that hundreds of people might decide to surround you, and begin to criticize.   
Is there something wrong with that?   The target of their ire won't like it, of course, but that's part of the deal you accepted when you walked in the door.   This is not likely to occur in the case of a person who doesn't have controversial, even hated, ideas.
All in all, I don't think there is a problem here that technology isn't in the position to solve.                      Jim Bell
 
   
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