dirtmayor@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoElon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater Harassmentwww.techdirt.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater Harassmentwww.techdirt.comdirtmayor@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square75fedilinkcross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
minus-squareMaxAmperage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThere’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.
minus-square💡dim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHe 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…
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.
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…