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

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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Re:Be careful how you define Troll

[AmiMoJo]

So what you are saying is that idiotic moderation systems that can be easily gamed are stupid. I think Twitter knows that.

I imagine their response will be fairly simple. Rape threats, doxxing etc -> blocked. Repeated bogus reports -> user ignored. The stuff they are talking about is so extreme that there isn't really much of a grey area to worry about.

Re:So Twitter's finally going to ban the SJWs?

[serviscope_minor]

So what did happen to Rogue Star Games? The first few pages from google reveal nothing bad. This sounds like a classic gater link: you post completely unverified accusations anonymously get modded up.

Since I'm being anti-gater here, I'll almost certainly get modded down even though there's not a shred of evidence given by you. But apparently that'll be my fault.

Anyway I've got karma to burn, but I'll take a sweepstake on whether I get "troll" or "flamebait".