It is a rather unfortunate association, but Twitter has been getting a bit of a bad rep for being a platform for trolls and bullies, where people have been making all kinds of insensitive and hurtful comments to the point where users (including celebrities) have been driven off the platform as a result.However Twitter has been making efforts at trying to clamp down on harassment and while we’re not sure what the exact figures are, Twitter is now claiming that their platform has “significantly less abuse” than it did before. While they admit that there is more work that needs to be done, they believe that what they’ve done so far has helped improve the situation tremendously.
In a blog post by Twitter’s Ed Ho, “We promised to do more with our technology. We’re now taking action on 10x the number of abusive accounts every day compared to the same time last year. We also now limit account functionality or place suspensions on thousands more abusive accounts each day.”
He adds, “There are repeat offenders who create new accounts after being suspended for violations. Our new systems, in the last four months alone, have removed twice the number of these types of accounts. Beyond the technology, our teams are continuing to review content daily and improve how we enforce our policies.” Like we said there are no specific numbers offered so we’re not sure if it’s based on a general feeling, or if there are actual statistics to back their claim, but either way we guess at least they are being proactive about it.
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