Except for his account, I'd bet.
...what the fuck???
Not surprising, knowing how childish this guy is. I mean he's literally promoting his own tweets in the "For You" tab to people who haven't blocked him, despite these people not even following or interacting with his tweets in any kind of way...
I'd wager this is in response to the campaign going around to block every blue checkmark. Elon can't let his crowd of sycophants feel like they're being ignored.
Hey Twitter, it’s not a competition. You can get rid of your users at whatever pace suits you best. Even though Reddit is clearly speedrunning this game, and you’re getting left behind, doesn’t mean you have to double your efforts.
I have blocked only one person on Twitter: him.
That's probably why he's doing it, so you and all the others who blocked him are forced to see his posts again.
Elon trying not to make the worst decisions possible challenge (Impossible)
How in the world is that a good idea...
Here's the context, bigots complaining about being blocked
a stronger form of mute
Yeah, Muskrat. You know what that's called? BLOCKING.
Ayyyy Elon, so we're going for full chaos??
Lemme grab my popcorn before the change starts a nuclear reaction.
Surely a sight to behold. Lol
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?
Musk and his backers (various authoritarian regimes) probably intended only to amplify the voices of the far right and other loonies, not to kill the platform itself. But that was always going to be difficult to thread that needle, made impossible by Musk's absolute lack of self awareness or self control. The fact that not only Musk is going to lose a lot of money when Twitter dies fills me with joy.
Are you kidding? Being able to block people who are harraing you is the ONLY thing that keeps social media civil. What the actual fuck.
Correction: Twitter is removing the block feature so that tweets can reach the full audience...
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.
4channers are gonna abuse the hell out of this for some fun. Can guarantee it.
Serious question: is musk actively trying to run twitter into the ground for some kind of financial benefit, or is he just an arrogant asinine asshole who has no idea what he's doing?
Bro it's like he WANTS us to only see t shirt ads
You cannot make this f-ing UP! Twitter is indeed a dumpster fire.
Wow. He really is a tool.
I’m happier since I don’t use twitter. Thanks Elon, you’re making things easier for us.
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