Trump has officially been banned on twitter, his account deleted

[CyberCubed]

Wow, I wasn't expecting twitter to ban the President of the United States. Here is their reasoning:

https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/st...84877634838528

I'm shocked. I never thought they would actually do it. Trump is probably fuming right now.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Wow, I wasn't expecting twitter to ban the President of the United States. Here is their reasoning:

https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/st...84877634838528

I'm shocked. I never thought they would actually do it. Trump is probably fuming right now.

And the same left decrying FB and Twitter censorship for years cheers...

[CyberCubed]

https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/st...70430062485505

Click the initial tweet for thread.

Trumps twitter is gone:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Now I have no reason to go on Twitter anymore.

[Galactus]

Surely people on the political right can appreciate that twitter, facebook, youtube are all private companies and can do what they want, right? They've all become so ubiquitous in our daily lives that you feel it should come under free speech but they're still private companies and demonetizing, suspending and banning is not censorship.

Were a lot of leftists feel aggrieved is that it often looks like these companies are very strict at enforcing rules with users discussing liberal or progressive politics than they are about with right wing...even far right nut cases. But hey a private company can enforce it's own rules in any manner they choose including ignoring them for people like say Alex Jones who for a long time got away with murder simply because he brought them lots of money.

With Trump and twitter it's an extra wrinkle because he's actual president. Not only would it look highly partisan but he's the most powerful man in the world, surely you can't ban him hence why he was allowed so much leeway that not be afforded for anyone else. However it's clearly gone too far now, his rhetoric is inciting violence and if he wont stop he needs to shut down from the platform. That's not censorship or suppressing his free speech anymore than banning someone from thetechnodrome.com would be doing the same.

[Autbot_Benz]

after what happened at the capital on the 6th with Trump not surprised he got banned from every social media platform he was inciting his supporters to go cause trouble.

[Last Ronin]

Wow....

It took nearly burning the senate to the ground to do it.

[IndigoErth]

In before thread lock.

Doesn't surprise me. No secret they've had an issue with behavior of his on their platform that they'd have far sooner banned anyone else for. He's no doubt mad about it, but being a private company they have the right and freedom to tell you to screw off and get off of their platform no matter who you are.

[Leo656]

But like... what's he gonna do all day, now?

Twitter is for nerds who suck at video games. I said what I meant and I meant what I said.

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by Leo656

But like... what's he gonna do all day, now?

Golf at his golf course like he has been doing during his 4 years

[IndigoErth]

Saw rumor that he moved to Parler, or whatever it's called, and the site supposedly crashed.

Originally Posted by Leo656

Twitter is for nerds who suck at video games.

You know what... an MMO where he can play president forever would be perfect. Would keep him and any of his fans that still long to storm a government building preoccupied. Had been thinking a real life island would be fitting, but this would have a wider reach for those unable to join him...

[Jester]

Can something be permanently suspended? Doesn't the word suspend itself imply temporary? Shouldn't it just be terminated?
It's a double edged sword really. They are well within their rights as they are a private company, BUT to all the die-hard Trump followers they just made him a social media martyr.

[frank_one]

I've always found hilarious that politicians have social accounts but that's the world we are living in. It's like you don't exist if you don't have an account on social media and it's weird.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

Golf at his golf course like he has been doing during his 4 years

Jesus, that's SO bad for your spine. No wonder he's such a crab-ass.

Originally Posted by frank_one

I've always found hilarious that politicians have social accounts but that's the world we are living in. It's like you don't exist if you don't have an account on social media and it's weird.

I only ever got Facebook because you need SOME kind of social media for wrestling or you'll never get booked ("Out of Sight, Out of Mind"), but I have to say I mostly hate it. It's a giant cesspool of Narcissists. Twitter's worse by far, but FB bores me. I enjoy being able to keep in touch with people and it helps me remember Birthdays, but Good Lord... the endless memes (constantly recycled) and the non-stop pats on the back for Insert Political Opinion Here and "Delete Me if you don't agree" and pictures of people's ugly children... every time I scroll down my feed, I remember why I often go days without bothering.

Not that mine's any better. I'm trying very hard to have the most boring FB page in existence without being a Bot. I tell anyone who asks me if we can be Friends, "That's fine as long as you're okay with endless pictures of toys I bought and the occasional wrestling flier." Because otherwise I got f*cking nothing, man. Who can be bothered? But it does help me keep in touch with people, that's pretty much the best thing about it.

People have tried to get me to get Twitter, but like... f*ck, no. I tell the ones who have it, "Nobody cares what you f*cking think or have to say" and I know the same is true for me. I mean I'm absolutely not against people having a voice, but I see what people use it for, and... Nobody F*cking CARES, man. It's the dumbest sh*t I've ever seen.

Plus, you've all seen the kinda sh*t I say out loud. If I had Twitter I'd have a lynch mob on my ass in like, two days. I have very poor impulse control and very little empathy; people like me shouldn't have Twitter. Nobody should. But definitely not People Like Me.

[GoldMutant]

Without addressing the violent elephant in the room, I can't say I'm surprised. No disrespect to Trump or his supporters, but perhaps it'll lead to him realizi-

All seriousness, let's see if it'll be a permanent ban or temporary suspension. You can't kill a person's account too easily; much like the Technodrome, they're like cockroaches. They survive; then again, I can be wrong since I been off social media for months now.

[Leo656]

I can picture him just sitting there tapping buttons on his phone just because he doesn't know what else to do with his hands. Like parents let their kids do when they're running an errand and they need to distract them for five minutes. I can totally see that.

All seriousness, I think we need a law saying that when you're the President, you're not allowed to post on social media. Period, end of story. 4-year Moratorium on social media, no exceptions. Sure, Obama had Twitter, but Trump was arguably our first REAL "Social Media President" and the results have been, shall we say... "Mixed At Best".

There's no reason at all for a President to spend half of their day the exact same way a teenage girl does. Nothing good comes from this sh*t.

Whether you like or hate Trump, I think if he never had a Twitter account but everything else remained the same, the last four years would have gone a LOT differently. Call me crazy, but that's what my gut says. Most of the love AND hate has been in response to the dumb sh*t he's said on Twitter. Remove that from the equation, it just feels like a lot less nonsense all the way around.

But yeah, if we've learned anything, it's that the President shouldn't be Tweeting. At all. Ever. No reason. Outlaw that sh*t.

[lonewarrior20]

here's hoping he doesn't start fiddling with a lighter in his boredom/rage. the white house's already caught fire once.

[IndigoErth]

With the amount of hairspray he inevitably uses, that might also be a danger to himself as well. lol I'm fine with just seeing him leave, I can do without seeing him leave screaming with his hair on fire.

Originally Posted by Leo656

All seriousness, I think we need a law saying that when you're the President, you're not allowed to post on social media. Period, end of story. 4-year Moratorium on social media, no exceptions.

Agree. And would have kept him a way from too much of the propaganda he was also too willing to buy into himself. Leave it to official White House accounts only, that someone else is able to post boring official stuff on, and that's it.

Some of the things that baby boomers will hit "share" on, leaving the adult kids face palming, is only 10000 times worse as president. His kids utterly failed at saying "WTF, Dad, NO."

[frank_one]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Whether you like or hate Trump, I think if he never had a Twitter account but everything else remained the same, the last four years would have gone a LOT differently. Call me crazy, but that's what my gut says. Most of the love AND hate has been in response to the dumb sh*t he's said on Twitter. Remove that from the equation, it just feels like a lot less nonsense all the way around.

This makes a lot of sense to me. Social media amplify everything. A drop of water can turn into a damn waterfall without any reason, a word can turn into a bullet and actually kill people.
Heads of government shouldn't be allowed to use them.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by frank_one

This makes a lot of sense to me. Social media amplify everything. A drop of water can turn into a damn waterfall without any reason, a word can turn into a bullet and actually kill people.
Heads of government shouldn't be allowed to use them.

It's the easiest way to get information out. Before that you needed to do a speech on television.