One of the most important tools for trust and safety efforts is the “block” feature, allowing a user to entirely block someone else from following them. Yes, on Twitter you can get around this by g…
  • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgMEnglish
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    2 years ago

    it’s unavoidable to center Elon here but can we just take a step back and appreciate how stupid, bad, and completely antithetical to a usable website this idea is? blocking has been a feature on like everything since phpBB forums because it literally just works. it’s an easy way to curate your experience without escalating and it’s a logical imitation of being able to simply avoid a person in real life. the idea of removing this in favor of nothing but mutes is just goofy as fuck (and if you make muting the new “block”, what’s even the difference between them? people will just use them basically the same way!).

    • LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Muting means other people can still comment on your stuff, and everyone else but you can see it.

      Its so transphobes and homophobes can continue commenting on LGBT people’s content.

  • TendieMaster69@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

    With Mastodon as a strong alternative I really don’t understand why people use twitter at all anymore. There have been so many negative changes that have happened to twitter over the past 2 years.

    • derf82@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      95% of the people or groups I would want to follow are not on Mastodon.

      And frankly, the Fediverse isn’t as user-friendly. It is a but tougher when you have to choose an instance, as well as learn how to follow from other instances.

    • MaxAmperage@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      There’s been a big effort to block anybody with a blue checkmark since any major story or viral post will have them automatically bumped up to the top of the replies. So, when the whiners started complaining, he started openly considering this.

      • 💡dim@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        He will end up “compromising”.

        You can block people, but only people without blue check marks.

        Wanna harass someone, wanna be a troll, subscribe to Twitter blue and you can’t be blocked…

  • Butterbee (She/Her)@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    So what you’re saying is, if I have a Twitter account and I start blocking many MANY people it costs Elon money? Interesting.

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Wow…

    Is there some kind of tech CEO competition running or something?

    “Who can alienate their user base the fastest”

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      There’s a saying, " never attribute to malice what is easily explained by incompetence".

      But we’re quickly reaching the point where it’s no longer easily explained incompetence. Elon is either the most incompetent person in the known universe, which is saying a lot, or he’s doing this on purpose for some reason.

      I’m not into conspiracies, but it’s starting to make more sense if he’s actively trying to tank the stock.

  • bizzwell@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I really hope platforms like Lemmy and Mastodon take off. Just the idea of no single person with control over how we all communicate and share ideas gives me hope for the future.

    • Helix@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      sadly, Mastodon currently still is pretty centralised around a few very big instances. I hope the Fediverse gets more decentralised…

      • bizzwell@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        What does it take to facilitate this? Do individuals have the ability to help it along, or does it take more resources? I’m new to this but would like to learn.

        • Helix@beehaw.orgEnglish
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          2 years ago

          You just have to (encourage others to) register on an instance with less than, say, 1000 active users. I think that’s already taking care of most of the issue.

      • Pigeon@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I think if one of them goes sour it’ll be easier for people migrate to another mastodon instance, and for that instance to grow. When Twitter goes bad, there’s not just a convenient alternative exactly-Twitter-but-run-by-different-people around the corner. But those small Mastodon instances could grow if they had an influx (to a point, and probably better so if the influx was gradual).

        Edit: especially because federation means that the people who move to the new instance can still see and interact with everyone on the old instance, so they can’t be held to the old instance merely by the presence of their friends on that instance. Unless the old instance blocks federation with wherever people start moving to, but still.

  • Talmir@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    So he’s run out of engineers that know how to maintain the block feature?

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Elongated Muskrat has discovered just how many accounts are blocking him. His ego can’t take that. His FrEeSpEeCh must be heard

  • DJDarren@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Elon Musk is a gaping, farting anus. I pay as much attention to the sounds from a gaping, farting anus, as I do from him.