<story><title>Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-results/twitter-says-could-turn-first-ever-profit-shares-jump-idUSKBN1CV1JP</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TazeTSchnitzel</author><text>And thus why he will never have violated the ToS. He could openly threaten to murder someone and Twitter would not suspend him. (Though in fairness they rarely suspend anyone else either.)</text></item><item><author>samcheng</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not mentioned in the article, but I really think President Trump has been a savior for Twitter.&lt;p&gt;Without those controversial tweets, Twitter would rarely be in much of the public&amp;#x27;s mind, and the company would have continued its slow slide into irrelevance.  As it is, barely a day goes by without &amp;quot;Twitter&amp;quot; being mentioned in national news.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>CM30</author><text>&amp;gt; Though in fairness they rarely suspend anyone else either.&lt;p&gt;Twitter suspends or shadowbans quite a few people, at least if what a fair few people online are saying is true. Not sure their logic behind who exactly they suspend though. Conservatives say they get accounts suspended more, liberals say it&amp;#x27;s them etc.</text></comment>
<story><title>Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-results/twitter-says-could-turn-first-ever-profit-shares-jump-idUSKBN1CV1JP</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TazeTSchnitzel</author><text>And thus why he will never have violated the ToS. He could openly threaten to murder someone and Twitter would not suspend him. (Though in fairness they rarely suspend anyone else either.)</text></item><item><author>samcheng</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not mentioned in the article, but I really think President Trump has been a savior for Twitter.&lt;p&gt;Without those controversial tweets, Twitter would rarely be in much of the public&amp;#x27;s mind, and the company would have continued its slow slide into irrelevance.  As it is, barely a day goes by without &amp;quot;Twitter&amp;quot; being mentioned in national news.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>groby_b</author><text>They mostly suspend minorities who are pissed enough to not politely say &amp;quot;no, thank you&amp;quot; to Trolls &amp;amp; Nazis sending them death threats.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;d be funny if it weren&amp;#x27;t so sad.</text></comment>