What if politicians could only display Twitter replies from their supporters while stopping everyone else from adding their analysis to the conversation? For most, the reply limiter could help repel trolls and harassment. Instead of routing out abusers, Twitter wants us to retreat and wall off our
What if politicians could only display Twitter replies from their supporters while stopping everyone else from adding their analysis to the conversation? That's the risk of Twitter's upcoming Conversation Participants tool it's about to start testing that lets you choose if you want replies from everyone, only those your follow or mention or no one.
But in the hands of politicians hoping to avoid scrutiny, the tools could make it appear that their tweets and policies are uniformly supported. By only allowing their sycophants to add replies below their posts, anyone reading along will be exposed to a uniformity of opinion that clashes with Twitter's position as a marketplace of ideas.
“We want to help people feel safe participating in the conversation on Twitter by giving them more control over the conversations they start. We’ll be experimenting with different options for who can reply to Tweets in early 2020.” It's true that some of these responses from the public might constitute abuse or harassment. But those should be dealt with specifically through strong policy and consistent enforcement of adequate punishments when rules are broken. By instead focusing on stopping replies from huge swaths of the community, the secondary effects have the potential to prop up politicians that consistently lie and undam the flow of misinformation.
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