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> it prevents folks from making themselves more famous via posting sick burns in the replies to Trump tweets That's a rather cynical take. Imagine a politician

> it prevents folks from making themselves more famous via posting sick burns in the replies to Trump tweets That's a rather cynical take. Imagine a politician you disagree with - be they a fascist, communist, libertarian, or whatever - tweeting something blatantly false. And imagine that they block replies by everyone who contradicts them, making their replies a chorus of agreement. Wouldn't that seem to be an impediment to civil discourse?

ThrustVectoring 8y ago
Yeah, it would. And it'd be a great case for a non-profit centered around issues like that. It's just honestly difficult to justify spending tens of thousands of dollars of your own money on that lawsuit without getting some kind of angle out of it.
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > Yeah, it would. And it'd be a great case for a non-profit centered around issues like that. Indeed. https://knightcolumbia.org/content/knight-institute-v-trump-lawsuit-challenging-president-trumps-blocking-critics-twitter https://knightcolumbia.org/content/knight-institute-v-trump-...