Never understood blocking people, if you want to interact with only the people who agree with you, what’s the point?
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This is very true, but you can trace a direct line to Musk’s decision to buy it from the conservative politically motivated response to what attempts Twitter made under Dorsey and Parag to manage that toxicity with moderation.
It is a genuinely hard problem to solve, made much harder by how inextricably linked the process becomes with politics. But I dont think twitter, Dorsey especially, ever really wanted to seriously grapple with it. If there was legitimacy to the conservative complaints it was because Tiwtter never found a clear approach and so their moderation felt ad hoc, but it was clear they were doing something. The fact Musk’s acquisition resulted in a mass reactivation of a substantial list of previously banned accounts that were openly racist, white supremisict, and/or fascist makes the contrast clear.
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It’s not something I generally do. If I’m bored with someone, I’ll mute them. Blocking is only worthwhile if an individual resorts to abuse.
Blocking on Bluesky is fairly severe, and it can mess up other people’s timeline. Having said that, if someone blocks and then replies to the blocked poster, you get to see the fume but with no idea what they are fuming about, which can be quite funny.
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How so?
You can get a discussion thread that is mostly interesting. Someone blocks someone else further up and you can’t see the start or the end of the conversation.
Actually, I wonder if they had fixed it, because I haven’t seen it for a while and it was very annoying.
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It should be pointed out that blocking vs “only interacting with only the people who agree with you” is very obviously a false binary fallacy.
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And specifically a fallacy that enables trolls and bullies.
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Clearly, if you think the only reason it is done is to be with likeminded people. 
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Female with a public profile: says something milquetoast
Rando Twitter account: You must die you ******* **** and when you do I will **** your fucking eye socket
Female with public profile: isn’t it great engaging with people who dont see the world the same way you do. It is very enlightening. I am better for this exchange of diverse ideas and view points.
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Anyone I chose to block or ignore on social media isn’t because I disagree with them. It’s because the have reached the point where I have realised they are just a fucking troll treating me as sport for their own amusement, and I can’t be arsed with it.
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You can’t see someone’s posts on here if you’ve blocked them.
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Unless you are a mod/admin…
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I thought about that, but then I’ve never let facts get in the way of a joke lol
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Did someone say/post something that your responding to @Arminius ? because I can’t see anything
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Who said that?!?!?
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The barrage of tweets from @Magnus overnight has rendered the Middle East thread pretty much inaccessible.
Bravo, mate. (Sarcastic applause)
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Here’s a tip: use Firefox with uBlock Origin, that seems to stop me from getting tweet previews at least.
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Also, don’t hate the player, hate the game. I’m sure @Magnus would rather use an alternative platform/method of delivering information if he could.