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I think it's partly a problem of scale. When you become a target of abuse - or mass criticism or what have you - you're dealing with hundreds or thousands or h
by anonymousab 9y ago
I think it's partly a problem of scale.
When you become a target of abuse - or mass criticism or what have you - you're dealing with hundreds or thousands or higher orders of tweets to deal with.
Often more than enough to drown out the positive, because detractors are so often more vocal than supporters.
That can be very flustering on a site with a small linear feed. Individually blocking people doesn't scale.
Block lists kind of help but they're a brute force solution and we can all see the problems and edge cases from that solution.
It's cynical, but perhaps there is a market opportunity there.
It just seems strange that Twitter hasn't come up with something significant in that vein.
- symlinkk 9y agoIf there's hundreds or thousands of tweets that bother you then just log off. In real life, if there are thousands of people mad at you, do you get to send police to their door to silence them? No, you just ignore them and move on. I mean if they're threatening personal harm that's different. But if they're just calling you names than who cares? Didn't we learn how to deal with this in high school?
- urbanj 9y agoWhat's your Twitter handle, anonymous cunt?
- prawn 9y agoIn high school, persistent and large-scale bullying is generally dealt with by the school before, as you suggested, the student on the receiving end takes the much more drastic step of moving schools.
- anonymousab 9y ago> But if they're just calling you names than who cares? People are very social and, for better or worse, social media is a direct extension of the social lives of many people. "Turning it off" can be the same as cutting out an important part of their life.
- petraeus 9y agoThats the intention of bullying to silence your voice ...