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[–] joshuaacasey@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This may finally be the thing that kills twitter. I mean. Twitter is the only platform to do something batshit insane like removing a safety feature like blocking. Twitter is about to become downright dangerous for marginalized populations (LGBTQ+, autistic, sex workers...)

[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is exactly what he wants Twitter to be.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 year ago

Twitter is about to become downright dangerous for marginalized populations (LGBTQ+, autistic, sex workers...)

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It always was. Some just thought it was worth it to brave the abuse to get the message out.

[–] TheKaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what people have been saying about every step of the musk acquisition process and yet still people use Twitter. Thinking back to the Facebook privacy controversy years back, everybody still uses Facebook. There can be an infinite amount of red flags and warnings, but these websites are such a huge part of some people's lives that none of it matters to them, unfortunately.

[–] 432hz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know a single person under 20 that uses Facebook. It's either paid groups or old people.

[–] Ser_Salty@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Facebook has basically become irrelevant for any discourse outside of "the olds are being radicalized by it"

[–] solidsnake2085@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That's good. Let it die, shut it down.