Lovelyish

I’d be more concerned if said person was worth preserving.

@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - And congratulations author of post, your point was just proven.

@dicemn7@xanga – I’m not the author of this post but I accept any and all congratulations and accolades. 

Yeah, great idea. Let’s have some more laws on private companies that people voluntarily join… for free. Yes, I think a regulation is in order.

[There's only ever one solution to any ill, apparently, and that's to "make it illegal". How about some creative thinking, like, "don't do it if you don't feel safe" or "report your concerns to the company".]

I think there should probably be some moderation, but not to the point of just removing every single thing that can be considered bad. I mean if it’s something obvious like death threats, then yes they should be removed. Yahoo!Answers has a system in which you report abuse and if it gets removed then the person who posted whatever was removed can send in an appeal to get it reposted, and they state why they believe their stuff was wrongfully removed. Same could be done here, having them monitor for any obvious posts that are genuinely dangerous and such, and then allow people the ability to report what they believe goes against ToS or is just inappropriate for the venue. And then if it’s something that doesn’t seem too serious then they’d need multiple reports for it to be removed, but if the people in charge definitely agree that it needs to be removed then it can be influenced by just the one report. And then allow users to have a report rating so that if some people just keep reporting stuff because they are targeting a person/group then their reporting doesn’t maintain much influence overall.

The police aren’t roaming around the streets filtering what people say. If you don’t want any part of it, then don’t have a Twitter. People take advantage of how easy it is to bully online, we all know that.

I don’t think there should be any filters/restrictions on twitter. Like the author said, the beauty of twitter is the fact that you are free to say anything.

Yes, I think it’s awful that people make death threats, but in reality… there are always going to be people who say things you don’t like…especially when you’re a celebrity. You can block them and you can report them. What you want is for them not to be able to contact you anymore… so, that solves the problem.

@WaitingToShrug@xanga - She IS reporting her concerns to the company!

@Peppermint__Kisses@xanga - Yes, I realize that. You’ll notice that I wasn’t criticizing Miley. I was answering the questions posed at the bottom of the post. What Miley is doing is fine. Voicing concerns to a company is a-ok with me.

Perhaps I should elaborate so that everybody can understand this.

Regulation by government is what I am against. And Twitter is not responsible for upholding our freedom to speech. So if Twitter wants to impose rules on what it’s members can say, that’s fine. If the government does, that’s not fine. If members would like Twitter to change it’s rules, they can request that. Twitter is free to agree or disagree. Members are free to leave or stay. Is that more clear?

@WaitingToShrug@xanga - yes lol

How about…you don’t use twitter if you don’t like it? You can protect your tweets and block/report people who send you offensive messages.

I feel like if the person is feeling harassed, then they should be able to report the user harassing them. If the claims hold up that the attacker is maliciously promoting hatred, then they should be banned from the site. Obvious racists, bullies, misogynists. Things like that. People really don’t know who they’re dealing with- the receiving end of the hate could be an emotionally unstable adolescent. People kill themselves over this stuff, why NOT do something about it? 

Maybe a spam button might help? If enough of the spam button was hit from the same user, they might take it off.

She can’t spell out the words “for” “to” and “you” ? 

oh the wonderful world of social media and technology… what would happen if none of this existed? we’d be churning butter and making jam the old fashion way over a fire lit lamp…

@WaitingToShrug@xanga - I agree with you, but your point seems a little misplaced. The article didn’t even mention any government regulation on Twitter. Miley stated that Twitter, the company itself, should take some responsibility to make the site a safer place.

I’m more concerned that quotes in articles are now using number substitutes for words.

This is such shit. This is the reason why the Government has and will still try to monitor our usage and words. How does everyone feel about freedom of speech being taken away? I don’t like it. Here’s my opinion on it. LIKE in normal life, you ignore or walk away from someone who says nasty things. Should we arrest and prosecute every person who says something bad to another person? NOPE. If she is so offended with online speech and opinions, maybe she should delete her account or block that person. Unfortunately, in real life outside of the internet, you cannot block someone, but just walk away unless they physically harm you. So let’s take it for what it is. We all deal with some form of insult or abusive words from people we encounter in life. How about we just be mature and learn to walk away? How about we not be overly sensitive, unless it’s a legitimate threat or physical harm?!?!?! If someone calls me a bitch or a white trash no good, should I sue them and hope for money or that they get jail time? Sounds like Communism in the worst way. My point is, who will decide what’s good or bad? Our courts work for a reason. Words shouldn’t be considered a weapon. Get away from verbally abusive people fast if you cannot handle it.

@SentimentalDoll@xanga - probably because she was typing from her cellphone

@petite_fleurette@xanga - I highly doubt her cellphone doesn’t have full keyboard. lol

.@SentimentalDoll@xanga -  Mine doesn’t. lol. But I meant it in regards to it probably being faster to answer, you know?

@SentimentalDoll@xanga - Now, why would she do such a crazy thing like that? 

“Text talk” drives me bonkers. 

Kudos to Miley for making the suggestion. Of course Twitter isn’t under any specific obligation to follow it, but I fail to see how it would be bad if they implemented an anti-harassment policy. As long as they are only censoring death threats/absurd hate speech, what’s the big deal?

This is off-topic, but Miley looks absolutely beautiful in that photo.

@petite_fleurette@xanga - Yeah, I suppose haha

@FearlessFireflies@xanga - Oh me too! I get so irked when people do it, especially when I know the person has a full keyboard or a touch screen phone. 

“The Internet is unsafe!  Regulate the internet so that ONLY certain viewpoints get heard!”  Uh huh.  

@SentimentalDoll@xanga - Twitter only allows a certain amount of characters, it may have been too long with the words spelled out. Just giving her the benefit of the doubt.

@SentimentalDoll@xanga - its twitter – no room

@raspberryjade@xanga@SentimentalDoll@xanga - - It’s twitter. It has a character limit, that’s why.

I think the rules of bullying just need to be more strict and better enforced. I mean yea, when someone bullies another online the damage is done but then the kid getting bullied could have the satisfaction of reporting the bully & getting their privileges taken away forever. Then that child can’t cyber bully anymore, either, and if facebook, formspring, etc all join in we could potentially get bullies off forever. 

@raspberryjade@xanga - Lol well when you quote a written piece it’s supposed to be written exactly like the text but I wouldn’t be able to resist adding a few [sic]‘s in there.

@daydreams_nightmares@xanga - Yes, thanks for being the third person to tell me.

Twitter should die, and who cares what Miley Cyrus has to say.

@daydreams_nightmares@xanga - I’m aware of twitter’s character limit, but that quote is 127 characters. she had room.

@Ride_Every_Stride@xanga - oh I know the quoter did the right thing, I just still don’t like the “2″s and “4″s being used in articles. I mean, I guess its lovelyish and not the new york times or anything, but still haha its just the direction we’re headed in.. :\

@raspberryjade@xanga - I agree, I hate that internet now equals bad spelling and grammar somehow. It really doesn’t take that long to write it all out. Lol.