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In His Latest Threat to Public Safety, Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Remove Option to Block Users (gizmodo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

This is not in any way a "threat to public safety" but it's still a cringe decision.

The inability to block users actually makes moderation even more necessary and makes it harder to allow "free speech."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Watch Quo Vardis (1951) the other day. Elon is in it. Played by Peter Ustinov.

[+] [email protected] -20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I like this since it forces people who do not like having their world view shaken up to have their world view shaken up. This will either limit echo chambers on the platform or cause people to leave Twitter. Most likely cause people to leave Twitter which I am all for since it is a big tech spyware platform filled with toxic people.

Nostr is were it is at! Not mastodon.

BTW I do not have a Twitter account nor do I use Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You obviously don't use Twitter if you think well-argued/constructive challenges to worldviews are the sorts of things people need the blocking feature for.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

For some twitter users use the blocking feature to live in a echo chamber. For some it is to block spam. For some it is to block rude people.

The con of no blocking feature is not able to block spam.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

no.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I agree with the sentiment, but it doesn't hold up in reality.

Having any sort of engagement with rightoids results in your feed getting filled with Nazi shit.

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