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Twitter is already a “tool that catalyzes groupthink stratification”, the problem is that you have some high-profile Twitter personalities that weaponize their
by klodolph 5y ago
Twitter is already a “tool that catalyzes groupthink stratification”, the problem is that you have some high-profile Twitter personalities that weaponize their fanbase against targets of opportunity on Twitter—sometimes unintentionally, other times maliciously.
The bad actors on Twitter sometimes get banned but that shouldn’t be the only solution. Blocking a tweet and everyone attached doesn’t just mean that you are removing them from your feed, it means that you are removing yourself from their feed. It means that your tweets won’t get retweeted, tagging the Twitter personality you think is a threat.
I don’t know if you’ve ever had something retweeted by a real Twitter personality that hates you. It can basically make the platform unusable for a period of time, or worse.