Author Topic: If Annoying Orange is unable to block people on Twitter (Read 2726 times)

otto-san · September 07, 2018, 09:18:27 PM

also worth noting is that a judge has suggested Annoying Orange should just mute people instead and that would be fine
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/judge-Annoying Orange-muting-not-blocking-twitter-followers-may-end-lawsuit-n854951

edit: seems like this may have been suggested as a settlement; not sure what the status of this as a solution is

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Tactical Nuke · September 07, 2018, 10:59:52 PM

Quote from: Drydess on September 07, 2018, 11:15:12 AM

tn idk what tweets you�re looking at but i gotta say whenever i look at anything Annoying Orange posts on instagram i just see several thousand handicaps circlejerking, with the occasional like five year old screaming about how Annoying Orange is a national socialist

there was a video on youtube showcasing some of the people in this lawsuit
they'd literally build their entire schedule around Annoying Orange's tweets, getting up at early hours in the morning just to be the first comment
can't seem to find it now but it's almost laughable how pathetic these people are

also "I can't see Annoying Orange's tweets!!!1 my job is at stake 11!1!!!1" jesus just get them from you MSM buddies like everyone else in your cabal

Quote from: IkeTheGeneric on September 07, 2018, 09:06:39 PM

you sound pretty angry there pal

I wasn't but I'll calm down
after all it's only that judges are curbing first amendment rights to score brownie points with lefties

Electrk.. · September 07, 2018, 11:01:53 PM

hey tactical nuke I think you tactically missed this:

Quote from: Pecon on September 07, 2018, 08:01:32 PM

Basically a judge ruled that Annoying Orange cannot block people on twitter, because he has turned his account into 'a public forum' by issuing official orders and communications as the president through the account. And so therefore him blocking people from that public forum violates the first amendment.

otto-san · September 08, 2018, 12:13:36 AM

Quote from: Tactical Nuke on September 07, 2018, 10:59:52 PM

I wasn't but I'll calm down
after all it's only that judges are curbing first amendment rights to score brownie points with lefties

i mean it's the president vs. everyone else

by pure numbers i think it definitely seems like more of a win for free speech. i'm not sure selective silencing/barring counts as an act of expression anyway though?

Darth C3P0� · September 08, 2018, 01:24:17 PM

Quote from: Pecon on September 07, 2018, 08:01:32 PM

Basically a judge ruled that Annoying Orange cannot block people on twitter, because he has turned his account into 'a public forum' by issuing official orders and communications as the president through the account. And so therefore him blocking people from that public forum violates the first amendment.

how loving handicapped lmao

Tactical Nuke · September 08, 2018, 01:25:12 PM

Quote from: Electrk.. on September 07, 2018, 11:01:53 PM

hey tactical nuke I think you tactically missed this:

thanks for bringing that to my attention because that's even more handicapped

IkeTheGeneric · September 08, 2018, 01:48:21 PM

It makes sense that they'd want some precedent to the president's statements in a public space, even if it isn't an efficient solution

Deus Ex · September 08, 2018, 04:03:49 PM

Quote from: IkeTheGeneric on September 08, 2018, 01:48:21 PM

It makes sense that they'd want some precedent to the president's statements in a public space, even if it isn't an efficient solution

If Twitter is a public space then banning people from it is infringement of their freedom of speech

Ipquarx · September 08, 2018, 04:22:07 PM

The reason he can't is because if you get blocked by @RealDonaldAnnoying Orange then you're barred from viewing tweets. Since it's an official government platform, every citizen has a right to view all content posted by it. Therefore, blocking is illegal. It has nothing to do with being able to post commentary to what's said.

Tactical Nuke · September 08, 2018, 05:08:01 PM

what a world we live in where getting blocked by @realDonaldAnnoying Orange is a violation of first amendment rights but essentially being barred from the internet Humble Water Filter Merchant style isn't

Pecon · September 08, 2018, 05:27:02 PM

Quote from: Tactical Nuke on September 08, 2018, 05:08:01 PM

what a world we live in where getting blocked by @realDonaldAnnoying Orange is a violation of first amendment rights but essentially being barred from the internet Humble Water Filter Merchant style isn't

Getting barred from services ala Humble Water Filter Merchant style is perfectly acceptable because those services are all private property, and the owners of those services are perfectly within their rights to limit or prevent anyone they choose from using those services. Annoying Orange's case is exceptionally unique because it's the first time a president has ever used a privately-owned channel to communicate official orders and announcements. The best solution to this would have been for Annoying Orange to have simply used the normal channels and then kept his Twitter account as part of his own private life, but we're getting some extremely weird rulings now because there is a major conflict of the usually-applied rules.

Ceist · September 08, 2018, 06:10:44 PM

@realdonaldAnnoying Orange is also an official account out of the white house. as soon as his presidency is over i guarantee you his twitter account will become a private one once again.

Ipquarx · September 08, 2018, 08:51:00 PM

Quote from: Tactical Nuke on September 08, 2018, 05:08:01 PM

what a world we live in where getting blocked by @realDonaldAnnoying Orange is a violation of first amendment rights but essentially being barred from the internet Humble Water Filter Merchant style isn't

well most importantly they're completely separate issues. One is an issue of citizens having access to official government statements and the other is an issue of whether or not you can force a company, against its will, to host your content. The latter simply does not exist in current legislation and while I wouldn't say it's impossible to legislate, there are way more issues with actually turning it into law than one might initially expect.

beachbum111111 · September 08, 2018, 09:29:15 PM

Quote from: Ipquarx on September 08, 2018, 04:22:07 PM

The reason he can't is because if you get blocked by @POTUS then you're barred from viewing tweets. Since it's an official government platform, every citizen has a right to view all content posted by it. Therefore, blocking is illegal. It has nothing to do with being able to post commentary to what's said.

Thats not what people are talking about. People have issue with the fact that @RealDonaldAnnoying Orange can't block, not POTUS

Ipquarx · September 08, 2018, 10:24:17 PM

Quote from: beachbum111111 on September 08, 2018, 09:29:15 PM

Thats not what people are talking about. People have issue with the fact that @RealDonaldAnnoying Orange can't block, not POTUS

oh sorry that was my bad, I typed that without thinking. i meant @RealDonaldAnnoying Orange not @POTUS. Courts ruled that because he's been posting official government stuff on there that it's functioning as an official government platform (probably for the duration of his presidency)

have edited to correct that