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Links mentioning Mastodon flagged as sensitive on Twitter?

111 points| msten | 3 years ago |mastodon.online

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ajross|3 years ago

Leaving aside discussion of the public dumpster fire going on at Twitter, or the constant shrieking about "free speech", or the weird culture warrior turn its CEO has taken...

I've actually been reasonably pleased with Mastodon. It's got its rough edges for sure, but it's weathered the Twitter expatriation storm better than expected, and lots of folks I follow are mirroring their content there. The Fedifinder tool (fedifinder.glitch.me) is a really quite painless way to update my follow list as people move over.

I don't know whether or not Twitter is going to be "replaced" any time soon, but right now this does have sort of the feel of a Digg moment to me.

kjksf|3 years ago

It no longer does, at least not for me in web Twitter.

Check out for yourself: https://twitter.com/joshuatopolsky/status/160230074530237645...

Do you see a warning label or not? I don't.

Comment below if you see or not.

Update: the difference seems to be logged out or not.

If I'm logged in, I don't see the flag. I see it when not logged in.

daanlo|3 years ago

For me the tweet is hidden behind a message that I need to change my settings to see sensitive content.

warinukraine|3 years ago

I also see a flag. I'm not logged in or have any cookies, if that matters.

georgeg23|3 years ago

See a sensitive content flag

milgrim|3 years ago

I see the flag.

EGreg|3 years ago

Just another reason why we should have OPEN SOURCE platforms that are hosted on thousands of domains.

Here you can use this to build your own Twitter, complete with video broadcasts peer to peer: https://github.com/Qbix/Platform

CameronNemo|3 years ago

I wonder how many instances Twitter will be (soft) censoring? New instances can pop up at any moment, does Twitter plan to deplatform all of them, just ones that host objectionable content, or just those that are big enough to notice? This is a game of whack a mole. Good luck swinging that heavy ban hammer, Elon.

georgeg23|3 years ago

Elon is even going after Wikipedia now for revealing his dark secrets.

einpoklum|3 years ago

Just so you guys know - censorship and bans on Twitter are not at all a thing of the past in the Elon Musk era. There is, of course:

https://twitter.com/JulianAssange

which is still "Account suspended"

but also new suspensions/bans, e.g. left-wing commentator Garland Nixon:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WayOfTheBern/comments/z2depd/garlan...

and additional examples.

seydor|3 years ago

... for absolutely no reason because twitterers won't go there

kzrdude|3 years ago

There aren't two tribes here, some people use both and lots are switching right now.

pannSun|3 years ago

This has been standard operating procedure at Twitter long before Musk: https://reclaimthenet.org/twitter-censors-all-links-to-bitch...

And at Google as well: https://reclaimthenet.org/google-play-bans-bitchute-app/

Edit: And at reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tartaria/comments/ktwypc/warning_re...

pohl|3 years ago

What's the connection you're making between Mastodon and BitChute? I'm missing it.

kgwxd|3 years ago

Sounds like another bias Musk should look into removing.

cyberphobe|3 years ago

Seems like censoring a website known for hosting hate speech is a bit different to censoring mastodon

electric_mayhem|3 years ago

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saboot|3 years ago

Even if this specific case existed pre-Musk, it's been clear through his actions that free speech was just a ruse to distract from his censoring of critical opinions of himself.

failedwhaled|3 years ago

At this rate he’s going to start censoring all of his political opponents and suppressing damaging information for his favored.

But it’s his platform, can always build a new one if he breaks bad.