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Boris Zelkin at American Greatness cancelled his Twitter
account:
This had been building for some
time for two primary reasons. First, Twitter, like Facebook (which I had given
up a few months ago), is
a hate machine. Second, Twitter’s ever-changing terms of service and curiously selective
enforcement of said terms via shadow and outright bans made
it increasingly obvious that Twitter is less interested in real conversation
than it is in kabuki theater conversation—censored one-sided
shadow-boxing—replacing freedom of speech with speech at the pleasure of one’s
betters.
As such, Twitter has became a
platform I can no longer support with my participation.
From my perspective, participation
on a platform that actively censors political speech, even when that
participation consists of criticism the platform, is a tacit approval. Remember
how you felt when you saw those “Occupy Wall Street” folks using iPhones to
bemoan capitalism? That’s how I began seeing giving Twitter my voice, a voice
that they could choose to either allow or silence if it became pesky or popular
enough.
Richard Fernandez at PJ Media reports that Mr. Instapundit
dropped his Twitter account:
Glenn Reynolds has deactivated his
Twitter account, citing the banning of Jesse Kelly for no apparent reason as the immediate
cause of his disillusionment with the platform. Explaining his decision, he
wrote:
Why should I provide free content
to people I don’t like, who hate me? I’m currently working on a book on social
media, and I keep coming back to the point that Twitter is far and away the
most socially destructive of the various platforms. So I decided to suspend
them, as they are suspending others. At least I’m giving my reasons, which is
more than they’ve done usually.
He may have beaten the digital
bouncers to the door by only a little. The Thought Police are rushing to ensure
that everyone toes the line.
I found several supposed alternatives to Facebook here, but
I had not heard of any of them. Any Tea Party people identifying any good
alternatives?
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