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In general, I would expect a person's blocklist to correlate roughly with how active they are on the site, and how long they have been on the site. More activit

by runako 5y ago

In general, I would expect a person's blocklist to correlate roughly with how active they are on the site, and how long they have been on the site. More activity leads to more interactions with spam and other undesirable accounts. I'm not sure how that confers much useful information about a user.

pastor_bob 5y ago
Well in Elon's ideal world the spam bots would be purged so they'd have no presence on block lists. Ideally the blocked list would be viewable. I think it's important if you believe Twitter is 'the town square', people should be able to see who and who isn't allowed to enter that town square to respond.
- runako 5y ago
  Spam extends beyond bots! Besides, there's also still the "and other undesirable" accounts part. There are a lot of reasons a person may choose to block another account, from harassment to simply curating a better experience for themselves. > people should be able to see who and who isn't allowed to enter that town square to respond. Do you use Twitter? This isn't how Twitter works at all. The fact that a person blocks you doesn't prevent you from entering the "Town Square" in any way.
- scaramanga 5y ago
  Not likely. This is a strange kind of town square. First of all, it has to protect wealthy elites, emperors, and so on, in a society with appalling wealth inequality. All people who would be unable to enter a town square without elite soldiers / praetorian guard / varangian guard to protect them. Secondly, this town square is not a public space, it's the wholly owned private property of a collection of ultra-wealthy people and institutions (or a single wealthy individual, who may as well be Caligula at this point). Finally, the town square already isn't a great model: there were town squares during the reign of Caligula, the entire institution of serfdom, during slavery in the American colonies, during Jim Crow. What was discussed there? Whose "free speech" was protected there?
claudiawerner 5y ago
I found out that at least 300+ people block me, but I'm not blocking anyone. Even 9 people are blocking my private Twitter account, despite the fact they have no idea what I post on that account.

by runako 5y ago

pastor_bob 5y ago

Well in Elon's ideal world the spam bots would be purged so they'd have no presence on block lists. Ideally the blocked list would be viewable. I think it's important if you believe Twitter is 'the town square', people should be able to see who and who isn't allowed to enter that town square to respond.

runako 5y ago
Spam extends beyond bots! Besides, there's also still the "and other undesirable" accounts part. There are a lot of reasons a person may choose to block another account, from harassment to simply curating a better experience for themselves. > people should be able to see who and who isn't allowed to enter that town square to respond. Do you use Twitter? This isn't how Twitter works at all. The fact that a person blocks you doesn't prevent you from entering the "Town Square" in any way.
scaramanga 5y ago
Not likely. This is a strange kind of town square. First of all, it has to protect wealthy elites, emperors, and so on, in a society with appalling wealth inequality. All people who would be unable to enter a town square without elite soldiers / praetorian guard / varangian guard to protect them. Secondly, this town square is not a public space, it's the wholly owned private property of a collection of ultra-wealthy people and institutions (or a single wealthy individual, who may as well be Caligula at this point). Finally, the town square already isn't a great model: there were town squares during the reign of Caligula, the entire institution of serfdom, during slavery in the American colonies, during Jim Crow. What was discussed there? Whose "free speech" was protected there?

claudiawerner 5y ago

I found out that at least 300+ people block me, but I'm not blocking anyone. Even 9 people are blocking my private Twitter account, despite the fact they have no idea what I post on that account.