"Your supporters are sending me death/rape threats." I believe that in many high attention cases, it's trolls on standby who are jumping in.
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Replying to @zeynep
I now believe that much of rain of "death/rape threats" within a political fight are a small number of outside troublemakers. For the lulz.
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Remember, it doesn't take that many troubled people--on a platform of millions--to create the appearance of avalanche of death/rape threats.
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We want Twitter to do more. Unfortunately in the rare case the threat is real, Twitter can't do much. Suspending accounts won't stop people.
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