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This is an incredibly misleading way to summarize the email in the picture. No reasonable person could read the quote in context and think Blizzard is threatening employees. I really think we need a moratorium on direct Twitter links, because I can’t remember the last one I saw here that wasn’t misinformation.

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I didn't see anyone say anything about threats. The email said "consider the consequences". The tweet repeated the phrase "consider the consequences". That is about as factual of a representation as one could make.

It's a factual representation with the clear effect of misleading people. I won't claim to know what the tweeter or submitter intended, but it's impossible to believe that this submission is sitting at the top of HN just because people think "consider" is a neat word. We're all here because we read the title and thought it meant the Blizzard executive was threatening employees.

I can see how it could be misleading, but the way I read it wasn't as a threat but a condescension.

The person who sent the message has a history of personally threatening people:

https://twitter.com/catoncoals/status/1469365235475791872

You should generally not believe uncorroborated accusations by random people on Twitter leveled immediately after their target is in the news. This could be true, but there are also clear incentives to make it up or exaggerate it for clicks; if you don't know this person, how can you evaluate their/his credibility?

This tweet in particular seems very vulnerable to the same kind of distortion as in the original submission, where innocuous things from people you've resolved not to trust start being casted as threats.

Or, maybe you just don't want to believe it and you are reaching for any excuse not to.

Wow, thanks for the comment. Reading the email gives a completely different perspective.

Twitter in a nutshell; outrage-based misinformation.

I’m all for removing direct Twitter links. Nothing good ever comes from them and almost no original content either.

the complete inability for Twitter threads (and replies) to convey nuance should be enough to meet criteria for flagging.

This is today's "news" and "journalism" - take something reasonable and distill it to hyperbole in 140 characters or less. Doesn't matter if it's true or false, so long as it evokes an emotional reaction and gets clicks. Truly sad to see how many minds have been dimmed by Twitter and other social media outlets.

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