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Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater Harassment
(www.techdirt.com)
Bro it's like he WANTS us to only see t shirt ads
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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That sounds like the most stupid shit ever. I'm usually not the person that blocks a lot. I believe in 5 years of twitter i maybe blocked 3 accounts plus a couple of spam bots. But still...like...why would you think that this is a good idea?
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I only see this as going well for him/Twitter.
Not really, it’s definitely going to be interesting to watch it go up in flames 🍿
I wonder where the fandoms and the artist communities are going to go now that they just opened the floodgates for the massive amount of harassment those communities tend to deal with.
I presume some are going to return to Tumblr, but hopefully they make the switch to Mastodon.
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So how will they comply with court orders requiring that function? /smh
This kind of garbage is exactly why I don't use Twitter anymore. I don't know what is wrong with Musk, but something is up in his head.
It keeps getting worse it's almost funny
This can't be serious...
I can’t wait for other social media platforms to do the same thing. Social media companies are so stagnant they just copy what other companies do without thinking if it’s a good idea or not.
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Is this meant to be the final response to #BlocktheBlue
Doesn't he himself use this feature a ton? 😂
I’m gonna take a wild guess and say it won’t apply to him.
Or if it does then he’ll just delete accounts he wants to block.
You could see this coming the moment we started blocking blue checkmarks.
How in the world is that a good idea...
One step away from A Clockwork Orange where users' eyes will be held open so they are forced to see fashy-curious content
Well damn, the only way I use twitter is by liberally blocking everything and just getting news from stuff I care about, since there is no other platform like it that everyone uses and updates regularly. They already started pushing stuff to my feed that I don't follow, now they are removing the ability to block and keep my feed clean too? They really are doing everything in their power to make me stop using it huh
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When toxic idiots on Twitter drive everyone off, they'll be the only ones left.
Then they'll turn on each other, harassing bots and trolls who'll scream that nothing's being done because they are being dragged.
Then when only the most toxic are left, and they have no one else to intimidate, harass, or make miserable; they'll leave.