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I’m happier since I don’t use twitter. Thanks Elon, you’re making things easier for us.
Is this meant to be the final response to #BlocktheBlue
Pre Twitter takeover this would have been surprising. Now seems par for the course.
Twitter's fundamental model of user interaction is said to be broken, and lots of things have been made to mitigate it. And now everything goes into the shitter because of Elon's hurt feelings.
That sounds like the most stupid shit ever. I'm usually not the person that blocks a lot. I believe in 5 years of twitter i maybe blocked 3 accounts plus a couple of spam bots. But still...like...why would you think that this is a good idea?
How in the world is that a good idea...
Hey Twitter, it’s not a competition. You can get rid of your users at whatever pace suits you best. Even though Reddit is clearly speedrunning this game, and you’re getting left behind, doesn’t mean you have to double your efforts.
Elons probably tired of everyone blocking him. If everyone blocks him, then no one can with this new “feature” lol
This kind of garbage is exactly why I don't use Twitter anymore. I don't know what is wrong with Musk, but something is up in his head.
3rd-party Twitter clients are going to have quite a spike in popularity then, just need to implement clientside blocking.
Twitter is killing those, too: https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/22/23564460/twitter-third-party-apps-history-contributions
Serious question: is musk actively trying to run twitter into the ground for some kind of financial benefit, or is he just an arrogant asinine asshole who has no idea what he's doing?
My tinfoil hat theory is this: Musk has ties with dictators who would really, really like to see Twitter die as it’s been used in the past to organize resistance and broadcast embarrassing information. Musk is used to do the dirty job of running it into the ground. He may or he may not be actually aware of this, as your characterization of Musk is on point. Just speculation of course.
This level of nob gobbling takes focus.
I mean, why would you be surprised at anything at this point?
I smile every time when I see that Musky did some more stupid shit, because I know that every time he does shit like that, Mastodon grows more. And with that, the entire Fediverse gets stronger.
Go on Elon! Don't Stop please! Kill Twitter!
Awww Musky’s feelings got hurt that so many people have blocked him on twitter lol
