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2017-10-22 Home Front: Culture Wars

The Twittermob went from Irritating to Dangerous

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Posted by badanov 2017-10-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Stay off Twitter (and other social media) and there's no problem. The people getting crushed are in love with their own opinions and infatuated with the idea of broadcasting said same. Everything comes at a price, and as Vir Kotto said, sometimes that price is too high.

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-10-22 08:52|| 2017-10-22 08:52|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't think it's quite that simple. Organizations that rely on good PR (which seems to include universities), when faced with bad press, seem to be more interested in making the bad press go away than treating employees fairly. Whether the victims were ever on Twitter needn't matter.

Posted by james 2017-10-22 15:20|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2017-10-22 15:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Eaten by their own.

Welcome to the world you made lefties.

Posted by charger 2017-10-22 16:44|| 2017-10-22 16:44|| Front Page Top

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