Twitter - Is there a time when they say "Enough is enough?"

[titaniumsalute]

If I were CEO of Twitter I'd be a mess for knowing how our POS President uses the company for his gain especially with the whole "bot" situation. Isn't there anything that company can do to prevent these bots? Are they somehow complicit with aiding Trump and the Russians if they do not?

Can you imagine if Trump didn't have Twitter to spout off his bullshit?

[RKP5637]

1. Trump, is akin to malware on Twitter. n/t

[MADem]

2. He'd use facebook. Or Instagram.

Push come to shove, he'd use Tinder or Grinder - LOL!

[RKP5637]

3. OMG, tRump on Grindr!

[jmg257]

4. They'll tweak their algorithms, and it may help for a bit, but Cyberwar is here and it is working..

As they tweet and like and upvote their way through social media, Americans generate a vast trove of data on what they think and how they respond to ideas and arguments--literally thousands of expressions of belief every second on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and Google. All of those digitized convictions are collected and stored, and much of that data is available commercially to anyone with sufficient computing power to take advantage of it.

That's where the algorithms come in. American researchers have found they can use mathematical formulas to segment huge populations into thousands of subgroups according to defining characteristics like religion and political beliefs or taste in TV shows and music. Other algorithms can determine those groups' hot-button issues and identify "followers" among them, pinpointing those most susceptible to suggestion. Propagandists can then manually craft messages to influence them, deploying covert provocateurs, either humans or automated computer programs known as bots, in hopes of altering their behavior.
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Social media companies are beginning to realize that they need to take action. Facebook issued a report in April 2017 acknowledging that much disinformation had been spread on its pages and saying it had expanded its security. Google says it has seen no evidence of Russian manipulation of its search results but has updated its algorithms just in case...

Twitter claims it has diminished cyberpropaganda by tweaking its algorithms to block cleverly designed bots. "Our algorithms currently work to detect when Twitter accounts are attempting to manipulate Twitter's Trends through inorganic activity, and then automatically adjust," the company said in a statement.

http://time.com/4783932/inside-russia-social-media-war-america/

[Phoenix61]

5. I agree they need to do sonething about the bot situation

But overall his tweets have worked well for us. They got his travel ban blocked and they show what an absolute idiot he is. His past tweets are a source to prove what a hypocrite he really is.

[MADem]

10. The Saudis are heavily invested in twitter. Nothing will be done.

If anything, they'd be more likely to shut off "the resistance" from twitter than Trump.

Fellowship of the Orb, and all..

https://qz.com/519388/this-saudi-prince-now-owns-more-of-twitter-than-jack-dorsey-does/

[PSPS]

6. No, not as long as they make money off it.

Or, in Twitter's case, they hope to make money off it. For all their purported hand wringing and protestations of "we're giving it all we've got, captain!" Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc., have monetized their services in a way that makes them dependent on carrying (and, thus, encouraging) as much criminal and nefarious behavior as possible. Zuckerberg and his ilk can only be shamed into cleaning up their cesspools. Each one of them could put an end to this instantly is they wanted to. The first amendment limits the government's ability to do so, but it doesn't limit the owners of these services. But they have no shame and care only about where their next billion is coming from.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. I wonder what will happen?

[JoeStuckInOH]

8. a) His loud mouth is generating TONS of internet traffic...

They probably charge beaucoup bucks for advertisers to get ads on his tweet page(s).

b) You know the old saying about not giving people rope to hang you with? Trumps twitter page is supplying rope by crate. If twitter truly doesn't like the Trump Administration, they best thing they could do is let him proceed. Maybe even figure out a way for Trump to tweet more easily.

[jberryhill]

9. Are you kidding? He's great for Twitter