@dangillmor

Musk seems to run #Twitter X with the mindset not of a business leader, but of a troll granted absolute power. And who other than trolls hates block features?

@dangillmor

I believe the reason why #Musk decided to eliminate the 'Block' option
is precisely because the fanatics and extremists to whom he has
opened the platform's doors to favor them politically
are constantly blocked by everyone
and this is a handicap for a platform aimed at making pro-fascist extremist propaganda
by removing block all users will no longer be able to protect themselves
from harassment false information and propaganda.

@dangillmor 🤔 Via Josh Barro:

The Apple App Store TOS requires that apps have a block function, so, Twitter will have a block function

@dangillmor

it's pretty brutal over there already

if not now, when?
but then again, why not BEFORE?

@dangillmor
To take a line from the song Vincent:

They did not listen they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will.

@dangillmor
Answer: Nope.

Why? Because for many journalists the best view of the train wreck is from the train.

@dangillmor Hilarious. Musk killing the Block feature is just more proof that he only listens to far-right extremists.

Lots of the leftie Youtubers I watch are blocked by far-righties who need a rightwing safe space. The idea that it’s only lefties who block righties is part of the same mythology pretending as if lefties won’t debate righties.

But righties are the most sensitive and can only punch down but block anyone who can fight back.

@dangillmor If he just means "remove the block function that prevents the blocked user from seeing your Xeets", that's a feature Mastodon doesn't have and might never have.

Nevertheless journalists should have put their foot down and left Twitter back in 2014. Or 2017. Or 2022. I'm not sure what would actually prompt an industry-wide exodus anymore.

@dangillmor

It will kill all communication, and hence will kill X (ex Twitter).

@dangillmor Journalists by and large don’t have the luxury to take a moral stand. They’re trying to get eyeballs and ad impressions in any possible way.

This is asking them to take a potentially significant career/income hit.