Twitter has decided to "measure conversational health."
The employees managing the project? The academics they are partnering with?
Members of the resistance.
A thread. blog.twitter.com/official/en_us…
The employees managing the project? The academics they are partnering with?
Members of the resistance.
A thread. blog.twitter.com/official/en_us…
Pretty clear that @vijaya (a lawyer) wanted to be part of the legal resistance to Trump. 
Other tweets indicate that @vijaya is clearly not a fan of the President.
It looks like @gasca has been more circumspect on Twitter, but he has let his feelings about Trump slip.
So - these are the people who (apparently) selected the academics to work with on "measuring conversational health," and presumably who will be working with them going forward.
Who, I wonder, did they select?
Who, I wonder, did they select?
Try searching "from:RebekahKTromble #resist".
You'll see that she's a full fledged member of the resistance.
Here are some tweets in that vein.
You'll see that she's a full fledged member of the resistance.
Here are some tweets in that vein.
Also, if it weren't clear, she is no fan of our President.
Professor Tromble was kind enough to list the other academics she'll be working with:
The next very clear member of the resistance is @patyrossini, who has clearly demonstrated her hostility to Trump:
Next, professor Jenny Stromer-Galley (@profjsg): another academic hostile to Trump:
Next, @navatintarev - more discreet on social media, but the truth always seems to out:
The point here is not to harass these employees and academics. It is totally unsurprising that academics dislike Trump.
The problem is that @jack - while stressing the need to earn the "trust" of conservatives - is letting this happen.
The problem is that @jack - while stressing the need to earn the "trust" of conservatives - is letting this happen.
If @vijaya is being honest here - arguing that Twitter should not favor any ideology - then why would you hire such obvious partisans to "measure conversational health?"
Rhetorical.
Twitter is not committed to overcoming biases.
It wishes to *appear* unbiased, so that Republicans like @tedcruz, @DevinNunes, @mattgaetz, and others stop complaining.
Next time, though, maybe people should delete some tweets.
FIN
Twitter is not committed to overcoming biases.
It wishes to *appear* unbiased, so that Republicans like @tedcruz, @DevinNunes, @mattgaetz, and others stop complaining.
Next time, though, maybe people should delete some tweets.
FIN
UPDATE: @patyrossini is not a fan of this thread. Is it “bad for conversational health?” I wonder...
