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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

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Sun, Jan 17th 2021 12:00pm — Leigh Beadon

 

INSIGHTFUL First Choice

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is

Bloof with a response to a silly comment on one of our posts about Parler:

Ever ask yourself why nobody takes you seriously? Read that post back to yourself out loud, that's why. Serious people don't toss around terms like SJW.

The big tech platforms don't give a damn about who says what, they want to make money. If they host hate speech, they will make less money because advertisers and most of their userbase don't want to be associated with it. They don't care about the political leanings of anyone but their board members, . .... Funny how the people who are most silenced are the ones who get to go all over the media telling that to the world.

 

INSIGHTFUL Second Choice

In second place, it's Stephen T. Stone with a response to Sheryl Sandberg's attempt to argue that only Facebook has the power to stop bad people online:

Dear Sheryl:

If Facebook is our last line of defense between democracy and fascism, we’re all really fucked.

Sincerely,
Society in general

INSIGHTFUL Editors Choice

For editor's choice on the insightful side, we've got a pair of short, simple anonymous comments from our post about the ridiculous argument that Twitter is a state actor because some government officials call for more content moderation. First, it's a reply to someone claiming that applying First Amendment restrictions to social media would be a "decrease of government control":

It would be the government forcing a company to do something. How is that a decrease in control?

Next, it's a response to someone claiming that "leftists" have found "a way to circumvent the First Amendment" and "have the corporations implement the censorship on their behalf":

It much more a case that racists and bigots cannot accept that many people want nothing to do with them.

 

FUNNY First Choice

Over on the funny side, our first place winner is Bobvious with a comment on last week's winners post:

a plan so cunning you can put a tail on it and call it a weasel

You think COVID is about a virus?

COVID - Change Of Votes, Installing Democrats

What do you think all those 5G towers are REALLY doing near voting booths? 

FUNNY Second Choice

In second place, it's DannyB with a comment about the ongoing security issues with internet-connected chastity devices:

Another problem with chastity cages . . .

Vendor Lock In

 

FUNNY Editors Choice

For editor's choice on the funny side, we start out with Thad and another response to Sheryl Sandberg — this time regarding her assertion that the Capitol Hill riots were not organized on Facebook:

Narrator: They were.

FUNNY FINALLY

Finally, it's Pixelation with a comment about how the rioters made it incredibly easy for law enforcement to track them down:

I guess that's why they aren't called the Smart Boys.

That's all for this week, folks!

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