> It is unlawful for a company to monopolize or attempt to monopolize trade, meaning 'a firm with market power cannot act to maintain or acquire a dominant position by excluding competitors or preventing new entry. It is important to note that it is not illegal for a company to have a monopoly, to charge “high prices,” or to try to achieve a monopoly position by aggressive methods. A company violates the law only if it tries to maintain or acquire a monopoly through unreasonable methods.
So when you block people on Twitter from posting links to a competing product, you are breaking the law! Just like you are doing with this competing microblogging site:
Kek wants us to do this goys, just look at them Hitler dubs.
William Taylor
Never a bad idea to either force them into eating their own or, if fail, prove their double standards.
Elijah Hernandez
Someone else pointed out that if this is successful against twitter, then this could apply to other places.
For example, 4chan filters out links to Holla Forums, who is a direct competitor…
Andrew Morgan
YES, I THOUGHT OF THAT TOO
I wonder if this can even be applied to people, like twitter people blocking certain personalities. I wonder if that would work since some people make money based off their "personalities"
idk
Ethan Murphy
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William Roberts
I believe that some infographics, and spreading them on Twitter (oh, the delicious irony!), is the next step…
Just remember that Twitter does not allow you to post "sealion.club" and people have been shadowbanned for having it in their Twitter description.
Joseph Anderson
No one remember you weird fascinations. Why don't you explain it like a grown up, kiddo
Luke Walker
is there anyway to find out if you have been shadowbanned? I don't have twitter or anything and that seems like a bullshit move
Aiden Brooks
If this were to go through potentially, how much shit would twitter get into? Would it be a massive fine or something?
Chase Bell
That may well be the defence that Twitter uses in order to legitimise filtering competing platforms, and I suspect that that is what they are going to say about sealion.club.
I would fully expect an onslaught of articles in the vein of "This new Twitter clone is populated by the worst people in the internet; Conservatives!"
According to the FTC, "'a firm with market power cannot act to maintain or acquire a dominant position by excluding competitors or preventing new entry" "Through unreasonable methods".
Sealion.club is a competing product, and Twitter is unreasonably not allowing people to post the words "sealion.club". Therefore illegally preventing a competing product from gaining market share.
Kevin Cook
Did you actually file a complaint?
DO you have a format/copy of the message you sent.
If you provide me a template I will send this from three real accounts, changing words and sentences around in each one to personalize it. Yes I am lazy. Yes I want to be spoonfed.
but it's the only way I am going to actually send it in.
Easton Carter
It would work better if you word it entirely yourself. Too many e-mails that are close in wording would probably be written off as trolls/illegitimate. So for things like this, it's better if you just write the e-mail yourself.
Owen James
Where's your copy/screenshot?
Jordan Hernandez
So you need to click through the options on FTC complaints website:
1355 Market Street Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Twitter.com
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Dear Sir or Madam,
It has come to my attention that one of the social media sites that I use, Twitter.com, is acting in an unfair, and in my opinion anticompetitive manner.
I am unable to posts links to sealion.club when using Twitter (I am told by twitter that they consider the link to be spam).
I believe that Twitter is acting in an unfair manner against a competing social media site.
I would urge the FTC to look into this matter.
Kind regards,
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Have a look here: twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=sealion.club To find examples of what happens when people try to post links, and therefore evidence of Twitter's wrongdoing.
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I believe that an FTC investigation and fine may well go a long way to helping to bring down Twitter.
Gavin Lee
It appears that people are posting under the #twexit
(get it, Twitter Exit)
Ian Baker
(Checked) I am not trying to discourage you, but fighting them inside the system isn't how you win.
You win by destroying the system.
Robert James
Just savour the thought of these headline:
"Twitter fined by FTC for Anti-competitive practices"
"TWTR stock falls following FTC judgement"
"Celebrities desert Twitter, as allegations of political bias emerge"
This is within the realms of achievable outcomes.
Nathan Edwards
Where this plan breaks down is that the law is not executed impartially by uncaring automatons.
Far from it, the law is executed primarily by corrupt kikes.
Noah Davis
4chan filters out links to r/4chan, which is a direct competitor
Aaron Baker
Another example of how to use the laws against twitter:
Unruh Civil Rights Act:
Applies to all (online) businesses.
Bans all "arbitrary" discrimination.
Has even defended Nazi's at bars.
Hudson Jones
It is a piece of California legislation.
Could it be applied to Twitter?
Could it only be brought to bear by someone who lives in California?
Blake Harris
wait, what?
Mason Hill
I don't think you'll get the FTC to rule that it's an "unreasonable method" for a company to ban advertisement of its competition on its own servers.
Adam Johnson
this
William Ross
I've been doing the same with the SEC over shadowbanning.
