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i spend way too much time coming up with theories and trying to reverse engineer 3rd party reporting systems.
tired: reporting this person that told me to kill myself

wired: searching for some nazis that post similar content and report them all using varying methods w/different frequencies using multiple accounts.
meanwhile keeping an eye on the ticket # so i can get an idea as to the throughput of reports at any time of day. that's useful information.
i'm not gathering data so i can more effectively report accounts. that's like trying to relocate an entire beach one thimble of sand at a time. i do think that when you can make educated assumptions about reporting efficacy & methodology, it enables insight into other subjects.
twitter can't really be transparent about this kind of thing. and even if they tried, people would take "we are now more closely reviewing potential violations of the multiple-accounts-to-harass rule" as PR spin. but i have SO MANY QUESTIONS.
woah. has a protected account ever been actioned for abuse/harassment?
this is a very important question for a lot of reasons.
godddddd now i have to create like 20 more twitter accounts for testing purposes. thanks, brain.
like docker but for twitter accounts. what a questionable world we live in.
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i really like visual studio code and that statement is blowing my mind.

i think i'm going to starting using it in windows instead of sublime. not sure how i feel about this. mostly confused.
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you know how nerds like to ask "vim or emacs?"

i'm going to have to answer "neither, VS Code"

end me.
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When it comes to dealing with the current political landscape, social media companies don't have it easy. Part of what makes me effective at my job is working within the balance of the vision that company has for speech on their platform while prioritizing user safety.
You would think that those two would overlap. And they do, to an extent, but it really depends on the company and where they place their values. Most companies have no problems saying "hey, death threats and rape threats are bad." This is a no-brainer.
Creating a company value system that stands against simple and obvious things like threats is easy. Tou would think that this would extend to larger problems like nazis. Because desiring the extinction of a group of people should be an obvious bad thing, right?
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Thread: let's talk about Twitter's filters and how to review & manage incoming threats.
Twitter implemented a lot of really good filters for notifications. Props to them.
I highly recommend using these filters when you're under attack or if you're just generally at risk.
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