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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.
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.
Except for his account, I'd bet.
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.
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?
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 am very glad I left Twitter at the beginning of Musk's rein. This is just dangerous.
Yeah, totally expecting that. His aim of buying twitter, is to prop up a republican presidential candidate / authoritarians in other countries that can help him evade taxes and get more subsidies.
This is cause people blocked him isnt it or was it simply Biden got more attention then the poor musky boi
4channers are gonna abuse the hell out of this for some fun. Can guarantee it.
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.)
Elon trying not to make the worst decisions possible challenge (Impossible)
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
...what the fuck???
I just don't understand some of these decisions...
I’m happier since I don’t use twitter. Thanks Elon, you’re making things easier for us.
So how will they comply with court orders requiring that function? /smh
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?
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.
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.
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.
This can't be serious...
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.