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Twitter has had (unofficial, via third-party services) user created blocklists for awhile now, but still feel like something only used by power users. And the c
by danso 8y ago
Twitter has had (unofficial, via third-party services) user created blocklists for awhile now, but still feel like something only used by power users. And the complaints/anger over censorship still exist — IIRC, Wil Wheaton (the uber-Twitter power user) was hounded off of Twitter and Mastodon because of his promotion of a controversial user’s blacklist:
http://wilwheaton.net/2018/08/the-world-is-a-terrible-place-right-now-and-thats-largely-because-it-is-what-we-make-it/ http://wilwheaton.net/2018/08/the-world-is-a-terrible-place-...
https://medium.com/@AmberEnderton/wil-wheaton-has-a-listening-problem-accdf6277b88 https://medium.com/@AmberEnderton/wil-wheaton-has-a-listenin...
- criddell 8y agoMy favorite user blocklist was the one that listed every Twitter advertiser. I think the maintainer shut it down, but I thought it was a pretty neat idea.
- tomp 8y agoIdeally companies/platforms would provide first-class support for them, and even urge the users to choose their own after they sign up! Wil Wheaton isn't a platform, he's a private user, and it's not entirely unironic that he "got" what he was promoting for others (being de-platformed)...