Comments on: Twitter comes clean, apologizes for NBC-gate

By: Thesus

Thesus — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:34:03 +0000

In Twitters defense, it seems to me that many large sites do not allow comments that go against the grain of their other large web partners objectives. To me, this is nothing new. The difference is it was a journalist.

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:20:49 +0000

No ad supported model can be neutral.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:15:17 +0000

Twitter did’nt seem to mind when Spike Lee posted the address of George ZImmerman via a Tweet … which turned out to be the wrong address.

By: brian macdonald

brian macdonald — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:53:46 +0000

Before this event, Twitter was seen as a neutral forum where people could speak freely without fear of reprisal. It played a significant enabling role in the Arab Spring, the Green Revolution in Iran, and the Occupy protests. This is why it has been banned in China.

This event – the “outing” of a journalist, for God’s sake, to a corporate partner – is hugely damaging to their reputation. Who can ever trust Twitter again after this?

By: Jeff John Roberts

Jeff John Roberts — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:31:43 +0000

Fixed, thanks Richard

By: Shawn Griffin

Shawn Griffin — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:29:43 +0000

My Twitter account just died.

By: Richard Stevenson

Richard Stevenson — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:50:41 +0000

You mean late Tuesday afternoon, right??

By: Laurice Tatum

Laurice Tatum — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:27:47 +0000

Well– Like a spoiled child –they can’t except criticism whether constructive or not. They’re going to take their ball and close and account of the other player. What do you think would happen if the US team Counseled -”closed,” the Russian, German, Pakistan or Iran’s team slots in the Olympic games. In that occurrence who’s honor and public image is preserved?

By: tnosugar

tnosugar — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:06:53 +0000

In the meantime in Syria…

By: Henning Kilset

Henning Kilset — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:04:45 +0000

That was one of the weakest apologies I’ve ever read. They keep going on about why they can’t let users publish other user’s corporate email addresses “because they might be used for private communications”. What the hell does that have to do with anything?

Corporate Email addresses are public knowledge. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that firstname.lastname@companydomain.com is the valid email address of FirstName LatstName working at CompanyDomain.

Essentially, Twitter is defending their numbnut policy by pointing fingers at an employee that was simply eager to please a major customer.