{"id":539,"date":"2020-01-30T08:15:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T14:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yourock.fyi\/?p=539"},"modified":"2020-02-01T03:24:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T09:24:19","slug":"out-of-twitter-gaol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selcouth.fyi\/?p=539","title":{"rendered":"Out of Twitter Gaol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was in Twitter Jail for 8 days and not a single one of you came to visit me.  None of you put money on my commissary.  Not going to lie, I&#8217;m a little upset.  But I get it.  You all have your own lives to take care of.  No time to deal with a criminal like myself.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe you didn&#8217;t know?  There may have been a trial; I wasn&#8217;t there when it took place.  According to the e-mail I got, apparently I was convicted of breaking Twitter&#8217;s terms of service by posting speech that was Hateful.  For example, I told someone not to &#8220;fuck a hornet&#8217;s nest and then complain about a few stings.&#8221;  In another post, I said &#8220;This kid has almost as many sock puppets as the voice actor he stans for has credible accusations of sexual misconduct.  Almost.&#8221;  This made me a naughty, naughty boy.  This will be a mark on my record of a human being, right up there with the time I was accused of stealing thousands from a former employer.  <\/p>\n<p>Others who have dealt with similar suspensions (or outright terminations of their account) attribute these attacks to a singular person using a couple dozen accounts; my experiences suggest that instead there are a few dedicated individuals (likely with their own Discord channel, or if they&#8217;re smart something more secure like Slack) doing tool-assisted flagging of the comments of those they disagree with (even when it&#8217;s not a post they themselves disagree with) in threads they are indirectly involved with.  Those other criminals fail to reflect on what put them in this position: that they are horrible people.  That, or the criminal justice system known as Twitter is broken and their bot-run moderation is a joke so horrible it would only be reposted on Reddit every week or so as opposed to every day.  <\/p>\n<p>I, on the other hand, used my incarceration time more wisely.  I took a few Bible classes and reasserted my faith in Jesus.  I joined the Latin Kings, so I could gain protection from The Yakuza.  I built an empire selling off my provided meals for commissary items (the proverbial &#8220;Trays for Noodles.&#8221;)  I reflected on my crimes to society, and how I could better myself as a human being and as an convicted internet bad guy.  I did also try to appeal, of course, but after a few days I was greeted with a form letter saying &#8220;you&#8217;re bad and you should feel bad.&#8221;<\/p><div class=\"a99d68d66f4793561dba35187d5f89e7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0579594856611480\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5408359957\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>What I came to realize is that there&#8217;s a few good people I&#8217;ve met on Twitter.  Some solid people who have kept me in line, inspired me, helped me stay the course.  It&#8217;s been good for networking in some aspects.  I&#8217;m also able to be more of myself there than I am on, say, Facebook, where I keep my family and where they really don&#8217;t want to hear my thoughts on literotica, progression fantasy novels, and Korean Cartoons.  In that, Twitter has value.  That said, I also have been using it too much, like it&#8217;s a thing that matters.  Fun fact, I&#8217;ve been banned from a lot of privately owned places in my time.  Granted, few of them have been such major platforms as this, but almost all of them have been for similar reasons &#8211; arbitrarily enforced rules as to what is and isn&#8217;t acceptable based solely on how many people complained.<\/p>\n<p>Given this, I&#8217;m going to do what any sane person would do given the circumstances &#8211; I&#8217;m signing up with Gab, a service that respects me as a customer, respects my right to freedom of speech, and has way less Nazis on it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m only half kidding.  <a href=\"https:\/\/gab.com\/SSelcouth\">I did sign up for Gab<\/a>, but I have no real idea what I am going to do with it.  <\/p>\n<p>I will, regrettably, be forced to run a block chain as I continue to use Twitter, and there will be certain topics I simply won&#8217;t be engaging with on that platform &#8211; it&#8217;s not something that&#8217;s doing me any favors, and anything I want to say there can be said more effectively elsewhere.  I also had a habit of posting screenshots of electronic books I was reading to share quotes and interesting tidbits.  This will continue, but at a lessened pace, as I was informed one author didn&#8217;t care that I was sharing so much of their book and if one author complains that means three or four felt similarly but just didn&#8217;t want to cause any waves.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these actions, this account is on it&#8217;s last little nub.  One more infraction, and it will likely be cancelled.  When that happens, there&#8217;s not a lot gained by starting over from scratch.  The problem here isn&#8217;t indicative of any &#8220;wins&#8221; by those false flagging comments and posts, but of the platform&#8217;s flaws as a whole, and frankly I&#8217;m too old to be investing my time building a following of like-minded or entertaining individuals on a platform so rife with abuse.  And understand, there will be one last infraction, not by my intent but by the platform&#8217;s design.  It&#8217;ll probably be something seemingly innocuous.  The post may have the word &#8220;fuck&#8221; in it.  We&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, the world will go on, and it&#8217;s clear that most of you will move on without me.  Insert sadface here.  I&#8217;m looking at some alternatives for those I consider friends, acquaintances, and fellow readers to follow me elsewhere.  At the end of the day though, it&#8217;s just the internet, and a lot of this drama is drama that doesn&#8217;t directly affect me and isn&#8217;t a needed aspect of my life.  So I&#8217;m not dwelling on it a whole lot.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was in Twitter Jail for 8 days and not a single one of you came to visit me. None of you put money on my commissary. Not going to lie, I&#8217;m a little upset. But I get it. You all have your own lives to take care of. No time to deal with a criminal like myself. Or maybe you didn&#8217;t know? There may have been a trial; I wasn&#8217;t there when it took place. According to the e-mail I got, apparently I was convicted of breaking Twitter&#8217;s terms of service by posting speech that was Hateful. For example, I told someone not to &#8220;fuck a hornet&#8217;s nest and then complain about a few stings.&#8221; In another post, I said &#8220;This kid has almost as many sock puppets as the voice actor he stans for has credible accusations of sexual misconduct. Almost.&#8221; This made me a naughty, naughty boy. This will be a mark on my record of a human being, right up there with the time I was accused of stealing thousands from a former employer. Others who have dealt with similar suspensions (or outright terminations of their account) attribute these attacks to a singular person using a couple dozen accounts; my experiences suggest that instead there are a few dedicated individuals (likely with their own Discord channel, or if they&#8217;re smart something more secure like Slack) doing tool-assisted flagging of the comments of those they disagree with (even when it&#8217;s not a post they themselves disagree with) in threads they are indirectly involved with. Those other criminals fail to reflect on what put them in this position: that they are horrible people. That, or the criminal justice system known as Twitter is broken and their bot-run moderation is a joke so horrible it would only be reposted on Reddit every week or so as opposed to every day. I, on the other hand, used my incarceration time more wisely. I took a few Bible classes and reasserted my faith in Jesus. I joined the Latin Kings, so I could gain protection from The Yakuza. I built an empire selling off my provided meals for commissary items (the proverbial &#8220;Trays for Noodles.&#8221;) I reflected on my crimes to society, and how I could better myself as a human being and as an convicted internet bad guy. I did also try to appeal, of course, but after a few days I was greeted with a form letter saying &#8220;you&#8217;re bad and you should feel bad.&#8221; What I came to realize is that there&#8217;s a few good people I&#8217;ve met on Twitter. Some solid people who have kept me in line, inspired me, helped me stay the course. It&#8217;s been good for networking in some aspects. I&#8217;m also able to be more of myself there than I am on, say, Facebook, where I keep my family and where they really don&#8217;t want to hear my thoughts on literotica, progression fantasy novels, and Korean Cartoons. In that, Twitter has value. That said, I also have been using it too much, like it&#8217;s a thing that matters. Fun fact, I&#8217;ve been banned from a lot of privately owned places in my time. Granted, few of them have been such major platforms as this, but almost all of them have been for similar reasons &#8211; arbitrarily enforced rules as to what is and isn&#8217;t acceptable based solely on how many people complained. Given this, I&#8217;m going to do what any sane person would do given the circumstances &#8211; I&#8217;m signing up with Gab, a service that respects me as a customer, respects my right to freedom of speech, and has way less Nazis on it. I&#8217;m only half kidding. I did sign up for Gab, but I have no real idea what I am going to do with it. I will, regrettably, be forced to run a block chain as I continue to use Twitter, and there will be certain topics I simply won&#8217;t be engaging with on that platform &#8211; it&#8217;s not something that&#8217;s doing me any favors, and anything I want to say there can be said more effectively elsewhere. I also had a habit of posting screenshots of electronic books I was reading to share quotes and interesting tidbits. This will continue, but at a lessened pace, as I was informed one author didn&#8217;t care that I was sharing so much of their book and if one author complains that means three or four felt similarly but just didn&#8217;t want to cause any waves. Despite these actions, this account is on it&#8217;s last little nub. One more infraction, and it will likely be cancelled. When that happens, there&#8217;s not a lot gained by starting over from scratch. The problem here isn&#8217;t indicative of any &#8220;wins&#8221; by those false flagging comments and posts, but of the platform&#8217;s flaws as a whole, and frankly I&#8217;m too old to be investing my time building a following of like-minded or entertaining individuals on a platform so rife with abuse. And understand, there will be one last infraction, not by my intent but by the platform&#8217;s design. It&#8217;ll probably be something seemingly innocuous. The post may have the word &#8220;fuck&#8221; in it. We&#8217;ll see. At the end of the day, the world will go on, and it&#8217;s clear that most of you will move on without me. Insert sadface here. I&#8217;m looking at some alternatives for those I consider friends, acquaintances, and fellow readers to follow me elsewhere. At the end of the day though, it&#8217;s just the internet, and a lot of this drama is drama that doesn&#8217;t directly affect me and isn&#8217;t a needed aspect of my life. 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