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ITT: "Blocking isn't a necessary feature, specifically because I do not get harassed." Also: "Because you COULD just make an alt, take the time to make a fake email, and even potentially be required to have a fake ID in the future, muting and blocking are LITERALLY the same thing"

Any disincentive is one more step some spineless bastard has to go through to harass you, even if there are work arounds.

[–] appel@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Elon Musk: world renowned expert of what does and does not make sense.

[–] Graphine@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[–] fred@lemdro.id 5 points 2 years ago

I thought he was relying to his own Tweet

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The only reason I regret deleting my twitter account is because now I can’t tell Elon how fucking idiotic these decisions are.

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[–] drdabbles@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

How else would a child of apartheid Africa get the apartheid message out to the world in 2023? Of course you have to disable the block feature.

[–] Pacers31Colts18@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Can we defederate from Twitter/X already?

[–] bappity@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I really hope they don't go back on this because it's really going to damage their bottom line and I have popcorn to eat

[–] Bigs@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I'll bet a buffalo nickel that this is so Musk can guarantee eyeballs on ads.

Arg: expected eyeballs on ads not 100% because blocking. This shiny new 'X' will guarantee 100%.

Tinfoil: If he can disrupt B2B on ads and seize more marketing market share, he looks like a genius and gets to add a payment feature to X. I don't think he's very creative and will just remake PayPal with a fuckton of extra steps.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

This is not a good idea. If you are a troll, you must love this a lot.

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