Seems to me that the question of whether Trump should be banned from Twitter is a distraction.
The real question is whether Twitter should ever use the means it uses to boost “engagement”, or indeed should be allowed to use those means. If you solve the Trump problem, you still haven’t solved the K-pop problem.
Also, I don’t get the raisin analogy. Raisins in cinnamon rolls and cookies are nasty abominations that reduce addiction. As far as I can see, that’s the only reason you’d put them in there...
Seems to me that the question of whether Trump should be banned from Twitter is a distraction.
The real question is whether Twitter should ever use the means it uses to boost “engagement”, or indeed should be allowed to use those means. If you solve the Trump problem, you still haven’t solved the K-pop problem.
Also, I don’t get the raisin analogy. Raisins in cinnamon rolls and cookies are nasty abominations that reduce addiction. As far as I can see, that’s the only reason you’d put them in there...
That’s fair… I was trying to think of things that make something good (free speech) intolerably worse. There were both memes to that effect… so yeah.
But I’m sure there’s a better analogy there, I just couldn’t think of one.
I think the metaphor is that raisins are (reasonably) healthy but adding them to cookies won’t make cookies healthy.