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I think that this is kind of a good thing. If you abuse the "hide tweets" feature to block people giving fair criticism, you'll probably get called out on it. B
by oxguy3 7y ago
I think that this is kind of a good thing. If you abuse the "hide tweets" feature to block people giving fair criticism, you'll probably get called out on it. But if you use it only to hide true garbage replies, then no one will care. The fact that other people can see what you've hidden adds a sort of accountability to the system, which to me seems like potentially a good thing.
It seems like a good compromise between entirely open discussion (where people can troll without consequence) and a Facebook-like system (where people can silence all dissent on their page). But who knows -- we'll have to see how it actually works in practice.
- esyir 7y agoWouldn't you just hide the criticism too though. Considering the worry around filter bubbles, elitism this be one of the strongest ones of all?
- danso 7y agoThat's a good point. I'm only thinking in terms of Twitter celebrities (both the real-life and only-on-Twitter variety). But for more average users who regularly tweet and discuss controversial (or otherwise troll-attracting) topics, and get a moderate number of good and trash replies, this feature would likely be a good quality-of-life improvement for their followers.
- wruza 7y agoHide truly garbage replies first and no one will scroll past them. SMM will generate lots of garbage to themselves to bury real damage under kilometers of junk. “Sorry for that, we recently managed an attack by unfair competitors.”
- ozzmotik 7y agowell that's interesting, I haven't ever really seen SWIM used in a context outside of generally drug related forums and discussion