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If manners maketh the man, then what is Donald Trump?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 13.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | politeness, politics, social media, spelling, Twitter
Summary | One can dislike Donald Trump for many reasons, but for the author one of the main reasons is his overuse of capitalization in his Twitter posts as well as his carelessness (that he mixes up p's and q's). This carelessness translates directly into his general rudeness, his inaptitude for diplomacy, and the paradox in defending old values by spitting on political correctness which is technically just plain old politeness.
Image Description | Image of Donald Trump with his hands in front of his face and a portrait of the author.
Image Tags | hand(s), male(s)
Twitter plans 'completely new approach to abuse'
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 8.2.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | politeness, Twitter
Summary | Twitter is now trying to combat trolling again because the general tenor of bad language on the platform is repelling investors such as Disney. Twitter's market value is tumbling but the company is scheduled to start profiting in 2017. New features have been set in place so that users can not only block other users but block them from tweeting about oneself, too. Other features are 'safe' searches and filtering 'low-quality' comments (just profanities) out.
Image Description | Portrait of Twitter CEO.
Image Tags | male(s)
Twitter says it's cracking down on abuse (again)
Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 7.2.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | cyberbullying, politeness, threat, Twitter
Summary | Twitter has been struggling with trolls, racists, and sexists since its advent but now a new motivation has presented itself. When investors such as Disney pull back their offers, Twitter headquarters begin to seriously look into the matter again. Twitter did very little to combat users who are only on Twitter to insult other users - they can be suspended but it is impossible to keep them from creating another anonymous account. For now, users can choose to mute certain words, posts, or threads so that they don't receive notifications for hateful content.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand-held smartphone showing the Twitter icon.
Image Tags | hand(s), smartphone, Twitter
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