Social media

[kingdowieonthewall]

The thing that eventually pushed me off social media was actually quite weird and based on the terrible auto-moderation.

The Sisters of Mercy posted up something on Instagram about the Floodland album which holds special memories for me. I wrote quite a lengthy comment about it, talking about my favourite songs, my first impressions etc. I was placed under a temporary ban for "coercing people into buying a product that they may not want". I knew it was an algorithm that had made a mistake, so I appealed it. But the appeal also failed. When I was given my account back I decided to report everything I didn't like (just to be a d*ck).

One such post was a woman who posted a hyperlink to a dirty website in the comments on an official Crystal Palace post. Her profile pic was of her in see through underwear where you could clearly see her birthing equipment. I got a message two days later to say it hadn't violated any community standards.

When I ascertained that prostituting your naked body on Instagram was ok, but saying you liked a Sisters of Mercy album was not, I decided the whole thing was bullsh*t and I quit. I know which I'd prefer for an innocent kid to stumble upon...

I saw the smiths supporting the Sisters in Brixton.
Not to put it lightly, Mozza did not go down too well with the crowd. 🤣

 

[Part Time James]

I saw the smiths supporting the Sisters in Brixton.
Not to put it lightly, Mozza did not go down too well with the crowd. 🤣

Yeah I can't imagine that particularly worked! But don't say so on Instagram or you might get banned by an algorithm.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

some enforced accountability will make things better, definitely. Almost all of the opinions you read on social media are things a person wouldn't dare shout out in a pub.

good news for all the government-censors and head chopper-offers then ? bad news for freedom-of-speech

 

[Part Time James]

good news for all the government-censors and head chopper-offers then ? bad news for freedom-of-speech

I don't think you understand what it is. You can still say what you want, but people will know who you are. The same freedom of speech you'd get if you dinged a glass in a restaurant and told everyone what you wanted to say. I assume that if you use social media you haven't used a fake name on your profile so that you can say inflammatory things right? I imagine you've put your real name on it. Nothing changes for you.

You can also Google what freedom of speech is and you will find this amongst the result:
Freedom of speech does not protect people from the natural, social, or legal consequences of what they say.

A digital ID means that you can't say heinous things whilst pretending to be someone else. That is not in any way contradictory to freedom of speech.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

I don't think you understand what it is. You can still say what you want, but people will know who you are.

you are aware that i can say things which are...a) factually correct, or b) fairly harmless and still get my head chopped off ?

Tributes pour in for 'gentleman' Dublin teacher after Paris university stabbing

It is believed the 66-year-old was specifically targeted by the man with police saying he was 'angry about exam results'

www.dublinlive.ie

 

[Part Time James]

you are aware that i can say things which are...a) factually correct, or b) fairly harmless and still get my head chopped off ?

Tributes pour in for 'gentleman' Dublin teacher after Paris university stabbing

It is believed the 66-year-old was specifically targeted by the man with police saying he was 'angry about exam results'

www.dublinlive.ie

Yes, and I haven't at any point suggested I am in favour of that have I? I've suggested that people shouldn't be able to make inflammatory comments and expect anonymity to rescue them. I'm not going to explain it again though.

 

[Part Time James]

For the record, I agree that freedom of speech has been massively eroded in this country. Censorship and an over-offended society have dented freedom of speech in an unpalatable way. Removing someone's ability to hide behind a false identity doesn't change that problem. Freedom of speech never has protected the identity of the speaker.