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Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater Harassment (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 2 years ago by dirtmayor@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] Hypersapien@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Time to promote the hell out of Mastodon

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[–] EliYeet@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

[–] Valliac@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] shidposter@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

It keeps getting worse it's almost funny

[–] local_taxi_fix@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Is this meant to be the final response to #BlocktheBlue

[–] lemmymarud@lemmy.marud.fr 9 points 2 years ago

This can't be serious...

[–] Wilshire@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

LOL, WHAT?! That's absolutely stupid.

[–] Brad_Brace@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

You could see this coming the moment we started blocking blue checkmarks.

[–] drapermache@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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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[–] Csynthare@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Up next, everyone who joins Twitter gets a free king Cobra delivered to them at a random point in the future.

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[–] Jordynl@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

How in the world is that a good idea...

[–] chraqs@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago

Bro it's like he WANTS us to only see t shirt ads

[–] GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

LOL that is probably because I've been blocking Elon's profile for a while now. I'm pretty sure this has to do with his profile being blocked by more and more people.

[–] Carosello@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have him blocked. I can't stand seeing his posts!

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[–] Maitreyi@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Elons probably tired of everyone blocking him. If everyone blocks him, then no one can with this new “feature” lol

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[–] fratermus@fedia.io 7 points 2 years ago

One step away from A Clockwork Orange where users' eyes will be held open so they are forced to see fashy-curious content

[–] JGreen@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

This level of nob gobbling takes focus.

[–] finder@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

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.

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