Roberto Villegas 💙💛Aug 18, 2023
Chris Trottier
X (formerly Twitter) is removing block functionality.

Can you imagine using any social media without block functionality?

@[email protected]

RE: https://journa.host/users/w7voa/statuses/110911369314702285
Steve Herman (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image "Block is going to be deleted as a 'feature,' except for DMs," declares Elon Musk, owner of the former #Twitter platform. "It makes no sense."

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Show threadConcerned CitizenAug 18, 2023
@atomicpoet @socialmedianews Bye Bye XwitteR
Show threadAndres JalintonAug 18, 2023
@atomicpoet I'm fully expecting the 100th wave of users escaping form X to the 
Show threadNahgaAug 18, 2023
@atomicpoet @[email protected]
Everyone start sending messages to elon, if he can't block them....
Show threadMattAug 18, 2023
@atomicpoet @socialmedianews staying on #twitter is a choice, and increasingly indefensible
Show threadTino EberlAug 18, 2023

@atomicpoet

Ey, also spätestens jetzt würde ich sagen, der will das Ding killen. Ist eh nur noch 20 Mrd wert und wozu braucht die Welt das?

Show threadArena Cops 🇺🇦✌Aug 18, 2023

@atomicpoet @socialmedianews

The difference between Musk's (su)X & Mastodon is, that X is an antisocial medium.

Elon's personal capitalism & despotism playground, serving his histrionic attention disorder.

#Mastodon #SocialMedia #FreeSpeech #Freedom #Equality #Community #Democracy #UnitedInDiversity #StrongerTogether

Show threadArena Cops 🇺🇦✌Aug 18, 2023

@atomicpoet @socialmedianews Musk's understanding of the democratic principle of majority rule:

I am the majority!

His version of the guillotined French king's razed-away "I am the state! (L'état, c'est moi!)".

#Mastodon #SocialMedia #FreeSpeech #Freedom #Equality #Community #Democracy #UnitedInDiversity #StrongerTogether

Show thread@ NovaNaturalist HAS ALSO MOVEDAug 18, 2023

@atomicpoet @socialmedianews

We'll still be able to block All of Twitter. And advertisers will be able to block their advert too if they have not already done so.

Show threadEis Comics (Vic)Aug 18, 2023
@atomicpoet @socialmedianews i can imagine anything coming from melon musk. I can imagine myself hating it as easily.
Show threadLorrie WAug 18, 2023

@atomicpoet @socialmedianews

A lot of people are saying that the "Apple App Store TOS requires that apps have a block function"

Show threadMike MacgirvinAug 18, 2023
"Can you imagine using any social media without block functionality?"

It's actually fine if you start off with a working permission layer. We only added blocking in 2014, and rarely if ever use it. Don't need it. If people are coming into your living room behaving like animals and murdering your guests, sure, you can kick them out. You could also just close the bloody front door - and only let your friends in. Same result-  but without all the dead friends.

But X is removing blocks and never even had a concept of permissions. We already know how that story ends. I've seen it play out over and over and over again in my 40+ years of doing decentralised communications.
Show threadSpider From MarsAug 18, 2023
@atomicpoet @socialmedianews Why is everybody wondering about an insane move from an insane person.
There is nothing else to expect.
Show threadSean C.Aug 18, 2023
@atomicpoet @socialmedianews clearly someone showed him a list of people who were blocking him (me included on multiple now stale accounts) so of course he has to remove the feature