Twitter did respond to this recently. Apparently "newsworthiness" plays a factor... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		firloop on Oct 13, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter Is Crawling with Bots and Lacks Incentive ... Twitter did respond to this recently. Apparently "newsworthiness" plays a factor in their decision making. https://twitter.com/Policy/status/912438362010783744

abootstrapper on Oct 13, 2017 [–]

That's such a copout. Any threat of large scale violence from anyone could be considered "newsworthy." The real answer is they never anticipated a POTUS would break their TOS, and they have no idea how to deal with it, without being hypocritical.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact