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[–] [email protected] 652 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Can we just pretend that Twitter no longer exists?

All that Elon Musk still tries here is how far he has to go until Twitter finally collapses.

[–] [email protected] 317 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Also, can we stop polluting the tech comms with this crap? Why are people posting this stuff here again? We were perfectly fine for awhile with no musk Twitter shit posts.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just block it. Wait, no, that "feature" makes no sense.

Non-shitpost: I know everyone is annoyed by now, but Ex-Twitter is a huge website and relevant?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Relevant to what?

This conversation has had is back and forth far too many times. Twitter spam is not relevant to technology news. Him not blocking people has no barring on any form of new tech. It belongs in the [email protected] comms, that's why that was created.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

YES PLEASE. I fucking swear it genuinely feels like about 15% of the posts here are about Elon.

People need to ignore this prick and move on with their lives

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[–] [email protected] 218 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Literally every single day we have idiots doing Musk's PR work for free.

Downvote Musk spam. The billionaire doesn't need your help making sure his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (6 children)

You think being inevitably forced to see every bit of harassment and spam is going to make that platform more popular and financially viable? Nah, if anything this is free advertising for Mastodon.

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[–] [email protected] 188 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

What in the actual fuck does he think is going to happen

[–] [email protected] 216 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I have him blocked. It's my fault. He noticed and now he is going to axe the whole feature

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I could actually seeing that being the reason he’s doing this. Nothing a narcissist hates more than people ignoring them.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is PRECISELY the reason. He fired a lead engineer who told him they can't control how many people engage with his tweets. So he made it so that EVERYONE gets to see his tweets in their feed. Queue mass blocking of him and now he's upset.

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[–] jsveiga 62 points 1 year ago (5 children)

He's going to be able to harass everyone that had blocked him.

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[–] [email protected] 170 points 1 year ago (21 children)

So... Wait.

This means someone can just @ someone else and destroy their feed with hate or dick pics or whatever?!

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like people should start setting up nasty ass porn bots and have them spam Musk constantly

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[–] [email protected] 169 points 1 year ago

"it makes no sense" literally every social media site in existence has the block feature, and the reason is to help people prevent harassment. Elon is like a fucking toddler, it's obvious he just wants to get rid of blocking because he's pissy about being blocked by other people.

[–] [email protected] 123 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The block "feature" is a required tool for being listed on the Google and Apple stores, among others.

Removing it will get Twitter delisted from them as well.

[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Just stop using Twitter. It's easy.

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean it's literally in the terms and conditions of both the App Store and Play Store for social media to have a block button lol

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago

Elon complaining about some conspirancy on why their app got taken down for not complying.

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 1 year ago

This is incredibly consistent with the "free speech" crowd thinking free speech entitles you to an audience.

[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Unreal. It's not even incompetence, he really is just tanking the site on purpose.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No he's not.

He's a right wing grifter and always has been. And like many on the right, he views harassment as a form of "free speech" which should be acceptable.

He's not tanking the site on purpose. He's tanking it because his bullshit ideology naturally results in creating a hostile environment that people don't want to be a part of.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The block feature is not there out of the goodness of their CEO's heart.

It is there to limit liability from harassment. After all, why police harassment laws at your expense. When you can get the end user to enforce it for you.

It's just Dumb evil.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (12 children)

This is so dumb, what is he thinking? What's the angle?

Dumbness aside, Twitter is only usable if you block all of the blue check spammers who add nothing to any discussion.

Maybe he's doing it so you can't block blue checks? But it still doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency 70 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lmao this is going to be incredible to watch unfold. I am assuming Elon himself has blocked an absolute fuckton of accounts that are just out to troll him, so either he’s gonna (rightly) get absolutely inundated by trolls, or he’s gonna make the devs disable it for everyone except him and whoever else he wants to give that feature to.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah, elon's not going to see the negative consequences of this personally, because he'll just use the "ban" button instead of the "block" button.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yup. X makes no sense. Please delete it.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I cant wait for Twitter/X to cease to exist.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

“Mr. Billionaire Tech Company CEO, what was your detailed reasoning for the removal of a highly important feature that benefits way more users than the ones it harms?”

“It makes no sense”

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hasn't Elon blocked people before tho? And even been public when blocking some people?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, he's going to be able to keep it doing in the meantime it becomes a premium feature.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Huh, I have never been a fan of blocking people, but this is a very dumb move, normal Twitter news of course.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Blocking people is essential, I've blocked tons of people and communities on here already

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just when you think he's run out of stupid decisions to make, he does it again.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (10 children)

He'll make it a premium feature

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I recommend just blocking the entirely of Xwitter. Your life will be better off.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He is actually, seriously saying "I don't get it, so it must be bad/unnecessary"

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this man actually retarded or is he trolling us? Seems like he's intentionally shitting on Twitter

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[–] TacoButtPlug 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He is really attempting to run it into the ground isn't he?

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