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[–] Gracchi ago 

You people so damn determined to make the internet a permanent record of everyone's lives to follow them around and hound them for perpetuity is scary.

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[–] sneakybells ago 

They fixed a bug in the api that let you see deleted tweets. Everybody needs to fucking chill. You can still use bots to automatically screenshot all those politician's tweets. Nothing is ever deleted on the internet.

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[–] getfitroxana ago 

Twitter is so ridiculous, but at least this seems like a nonpartisan move? Like, it isn't just about protecting one specific group of people like feminists, it's about protecting all of them? I don't know, the reason could be worse.

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[–] tehfcae 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Twitter: respecting privacy, but only for rich politicians.

I see tweets of stupid things people have said all over the internet, but because they were just random people, Twitter does nothing about it.

Buzzfeed, facebook, the Huffington Post... Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think they've even gotten a cease and desist notice from twitter about this.

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[–] Warden 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Imagine how nerve-racking – terrifying, even – tweeting would be if it was immutable and irrevocable? No one user is more deserving of that ability than another. Indeed, deleting a tweet is an expression of the user’s voice.

Then... don't tweet stupid shit?

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[–] Lag-wagon 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

So what's the new voat of twitter?

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[–] Kotoran 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

People don't use Twitter because it is a good platform, they use it because it is trendy. "Voat of Twitter" implies the platform is good enough that someone actually wants to revive it.

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[–] TopShelfPrivilege 1 point 11 points (+12|-1) ago 

Hopefully nothing. The people Twitter gave a voice to never deserved to have one.

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[–] Turnip_Time ago 

What about all those Arab spring protesters that organized via Twitter?

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[–] Ladderjack 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

My first reaction when reading this is that you deserve money for saying something so smart. An upvoat just doesn't do this justice.

Pro-tip: I'm not actually gonna give you money. . .jus' sayin', though.

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[–] GoogleKnowsBest 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

First i deleted my FB account - then came my Reddit account - and now my Twitter account. Speaking with actions since words no longer work anymore.

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[–] Wilyum 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Exactly! I did the same with my twitter account, good riddance. It won't matter much, but it still feels good to tell twitter to fuck themselves.

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[–] GoogleKnowsBest 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

You say it doesn't matter much, but everytime i jump ship - the shit seems to hit the fan soon after. I'd like to think my small contribution helped that shit hit a bit harder :)

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[–] weezkitty 0 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago  (edited ago)

When you say/post something public, you can't just retract it. Deletion is a privilege and not a right

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