Twitter CEO: "We Suck" At Dealing With Trolls, Vows To Kick Them Out

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 5, 2015 @02:24AM from the on-the-internet-everyone-knows-you're-a-troll dept.

AmiMoJo writes "We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform, and we've sucked at it for years," wrote Twitter CEO Dick Costolo in a leaked internal post. "We lose core user after core user by not addressing simple trolling issues that they face every day." Gamergate is only the latest and loudest example of harassment. Robin Williams' daughter, Zelda Williams, left the service last August because of the disturbing images and attacks she received after her father's suicide. Advocates have offered numerous suggestions for fixing the problem, including improving responsiveness to reports and better blocking tools.

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Troll = Anyone who disagrees with our groupthink by NotDrWho · 2015-02-05 02:45 · Score: 1, Flamebait

"Shutting down trolls" is all-too-often Silicon Valley speak for "silencing anyone who expresses conservative or controversial ideas." Gamergate is a great example. Anyone not screaming "Mysogyny!" and parroting the latest feminist line is censored on Reedit and many other forums.

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SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.