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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 11 Aug 2018
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    The move to eradicate all “hateful conduct” from the internet (and vest nameless tech officials with the unchecked power to decide what’s “hateful”) is slowly killing satire. One clunky attempt at sarcastic mockery and your decade-old account is evaporatedhttps://twitter.com/kylekulinski/status/1028311334876794880 …

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    TJ Kirk, the Amazing Atheist, satirized racism in a tweet and had his account suspended because the brain geniuses at twitter took him literally. https://twitter.com/Deepfatfriedpod/status/1028129084432367616 …
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      1. Brian‏ @BrianSwiftie13 11 Aug 2018
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        i been afraid i would lose my account since i got locked Protesting Syrian missile Strike on twitter . @jack @TwitterSupport took the fun out of twitter & made it a fearful place where @RealAlexJones stays but @amazingAtheist can't #1A #FreeSpeech #FreeSpeechForAll

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      2. Rudy Havenstein, Smiling Politely‏ @RudyHavenstein 11 Aug 2018
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        I just DM'd @jack so I'm sure we can straighten this all out asap.

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      3. Tyson Bloom‏ @inyourblom 11 Aug 2018
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        Dead central bankers unite!

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      1. Ken "Sho'nuff" Jones‏ @Sup_Nukka 11 Aug 2018
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        These SM platforms are on the fast track to irrelevance - which is their right. But patience for this corporate curation isn't limitless. No one's gonna want to interact on the Twitter equivalent of Christian Mingle. And once we leave, we ain't never coming back.

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      1. John of Westeros‏ @JohnofWesteros 11 Aug 2018
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        Extremely well-stated. I've been so careful not to cross the invisible line that keeps moving every day because I love my Twitter page, and I've had it for over five years.

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      1. Kathy Woods‏ @woods_kathy 11 Aug 2018
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        Oh they’re eliminating a lot more than satire. Just how much people moderate their speech because they fear punishing consequences, is, unfortunately, not easily measured.

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      1. Consent Factory‏ @consent_factory 12 Aug 2018
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        Our in-house satirist isn't quite dead yet, but he is standing by to be evaporated ...https://consentfactory.org/2018/06/15/awaiting-the-putin-nazi-apocalypse/ …

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      1. Frenz‏ @RAFrenzy 12 Aug 2018
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        The faceless tech officials think we’re all like the guy in Doylestown. 😉https://local.theonion.com/area-facebook-user-incredibly-stupid-1819576827 …

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      1. Oops! The Planet! ⓥ‏ @TippingElements 11 Aug 2018
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        This happened to the ‘left’ long before the narrow pushes for Alex Jones, Proud Boys to go. I don’t know that person but irony culture is lately worse than jock culture LOL. 😎

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      1. Mark Girard‏ @clubmarkgirard 11 Aug 2018
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        As surprisingly critical as the Onion has been of establishment narratives recently I half expect them to get deplatformed. I know they are strangely fairly entrenched in the establishment thanks to years of free print editions so I'm guessing they won't be but you never know,,,

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      1. Lex Backer‏ @lexbacker 11 Aug 2018
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        Sad Ire.

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      1. nroc‏ @nicoroc 11 Aug 2018
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        A page has been turned, we should adapt

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      1. Shankar‏ @shankyxyz 11 Aug 2018
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        it will not kill satire. May kill twitter though.

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      1. Davy Lane‏ @LosCharruas 12 Aug 2018
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        First noticed this some years ago when what were probably calf eyed interns at The Guardian removed some biting or contrary comments I had made on Syria. Teen moderators clearly supporting Moderate Rebels in Syria. Cross them and your contribution to important debate got zapped.

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      1. Jax‏ @jaxx613 11 Aug 2018
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        Twitter and Facebook will regulate themselves out of usefulness

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      1. Self Scanning Data Port‏ @psychomama05 11 Aug 2018
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        I am willing to eat at any restaurant that has 3 stars on @yelp, because the internet is full of hate. Anyone who can’t cope with that fact, should just get off the internet.

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      1. Eddy_112‏ @niboce 11 Aug 2018
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        The thought police will silence anyone they see fit

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      1. reed @blocktrak‏ @blocktrak 12 Aug 2018
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        If you don’t want free speech keep telling people what they can and cannot say.

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      2. JudeanPeoplesFront‏ @FrontPeoples 11 Aug 2018
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        Satire cannot die. It will continue to prosper on other platforms (and bring users with it).

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