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[-] Maitreyi@infosec.pub 10 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] ivlarac@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

I’m happier since I don’t use twitter. Thanks Elon, you’re making things easier for us.

[-] Xylinna@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Wow. He really is a tool.

[-] lhx@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I just don't understand some of these decisions...

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[-] dbrand666@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

First thing I did after he bought Twitter is block him. Did I hurt his feelings?

(Not that I follow what's going on with Twitter anymore since I found Mastodon.)

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[-] Kaldo@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

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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[-] dr_catman@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

Anyone still on Twitter (who doesn’t absolutely need to be on Twitter for their job) must either enjoy harassing others or somehow enjoy being harassed?

I have no clue why anyone who isn’t a right-wing dingbat would use Twitter for fun or whatever. It’s so not fun to be on a platform run by a little manbaby, for a little manbaby.

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[-] LA71@lemmy.one 9 points 2 years ago

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 🍿

[-] lhx@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

So how will they comply with court orders requiring that function? /smh

[-] local_taxi_fix@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Is this meant to be the final response to #BlocktheBlue

[-] 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.

[-] Witch@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

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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[-] Wilshire@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

LOL, WHAT?! That's absolutely stupid.

[-] Brad_Brace@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

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

[-] LonelyNematocyst@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

3rd-party Twitter clients are going to have quite a spike in popularity then, just need to implement clientside blocking. It won't prevent the person blocked from seeing your posts, but that's kind of impossible to enforce on a public platform, anyway.

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

This level of nob gobbling takes focus.

[-] Hypersapien@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Time to promote the hell out of Mastodon

[-] petrescatraian@libranet.de 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

@Hypersapien This could make his decision a wonderful backfire

Imagine posting something like:

You can't block this post, can you? You could if you'd joined [mastodon instance]. [then continue with a few words about mastodon and the instance in question and how to sign up - either as a thread or as a picture slideshow]

Edit: same can be done with Calckey for example, but with no need to promote a special server, since Calckey doesn't force you to sign to it's main server through any of the apps iirc

@dirtmayor

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