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Twitter automatically unfollowing pro-Palestinian groups

Twitter automatically unfollowing pro-Palestinian groups published on

Interesting bug or, as the kids would put it, “interesting feature”…
So, it turns out that if you try to follow a group called Palestine Action US on Twitter, the system automatically makes you unfollow them. Far as i know these guys aren’t terrorists, so this does seem like unjustified and covert censorship. Look at the sidebars in the following screenshots. First was taken right after i followed both this Lara person and the aforementioned account. Second is from just a few seconds later after i refreshed the page. Lara is still followed, but Palestine Action US is not! Man, Twitter aren’t even trying to hide their bias anymore!

Twitter — the free speech platform…

Twitter — the free speech platform… published on

…where you can’t call mass-murdering scumbags mass-murdering scumbags…

 

Funny how they call it “violent speech.” Looks like there are still a lot of SJWs in power at Twitter. Sure, it’s an insult, but to call it violent is bullshit and they know it. I guess it’s “abusive,” but by internet standards it’s pretty tame. Anyway, if i can’t call a turd a turd on Twitter there’s no point in paying for it. Hell, i can call a turd a turd on Gab for free! And since i appealed it, it will be more like a one week suspension since that’s how they discourage appeals, by locking your account until the appeal is dealt with and making sure the process takes at least a few days! Probability – i will lose the appeal and have to take the tweet down. Certainty – i will stop paying for Twitter. Sure, it gets my cartoons exposure they would otherwise not get, but it’s done nothing for my follower count and it’s not like anyone’s paying me for the toons so it’s a waste of money AND it’s supporting a crypto-fascist, covertly SJW, fake free speech platform.

Addendum.

The appeal was settled in less than an hour. I guess that’s an improvement, but of course they found against me. Good that it was so quick, though, as it allows me to quit paying all the sooner…

Addendum Number 2.

I deleted the tweet so i could cancel the subscription, but turns out i can’t…

Ain’t Big Tech grand, folks?

Parler LOVES the CCP hierarchy!

Parler LOVES the CCP hierarchy! published on

LOL! Just a few hours after i posted about getting penalized for this comment on Parler, the less ambiguous version has also been cited as a violation. Imagine trying to censor someone for saying at the start of the Nazi regime that the Nazi hierarchy should be blown up! That’s what this amounts to, morally speaking. I don’t think i will be bothering much with Parler from now on. Since it was taken over by the venture capitalists it’s become just another Establishment mouthpiece. In fact, i think i will delete my account within the next day or two.

Blowing up the CCP is not cool with Parler

Blowing up the CCP is not cool with Parler published on

More evidence of how censorious Parler has become since the venture capitalists took over. Some guy asked what would we do if we were the President of the United States. I gave an answer that is both reasonable and practical…

Note that i do not say we should kill the ordinary Chinese, which would NOT be reasonable. But the CCP itself? Why not? They ARE scum, after all. Anyway, this comment resulted in seven violation points. How you get 7 points for one infraction, i do not know — but then, i am not an Establishment institution looking for excuses to censor people.

I did consider specifying that it is the hierarchy i am referring to, not the ordinary members of the CCP, of which there are 90 million, but i thought that would be understood — and it probably was but they are simply pretending otherwise. So i deleted that comment and replaced it with this one.

The only way anyone can object to that one is if they are either tankies or looking for any excuse to censor us anti-establishment types. My guess is that it will also be found in violation and that my days at Parler are numbered. Not that it matters much now that it has become just another Establishment outlet.

Parler — Now More Censorious Than Twitter

Parler — Now More Censorious Than Twitter published on

Just found this in my Parler inbox. A good example of how bad Parler’s moderation has become since they gave in to Big Tech. For context, this was in response to a story about a Muslim neighbor defending a teacher who is currently being targeted for murder by the British Taliban after showing some kids a picture of Mohamed. Seriously, not even fucking Twitter would complain about this one. I said it at the time the news came out and will say it again — now that Parler is under control of the mega-rich, its role as a place where the common man can voice his views is over. It may be run by Republicans now, but they seem to be Establishment Republicans, not populists like Trump.

 

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