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This is a nonsensical sensationalized article. I don't think the block feature is going anywhere. The main source of the article is the following vague tweet by

This is a nonsensical sensationalized article. I don't think the block feature is going anywhere. The main source of the article is the following vague tweet by Musk, in response to complaints about mass blocking [1]: > Blocking public posts makes no sense. It needs to be deprecated in favor of a stronger form of mute. TBH, the tweet doesn't quite make sense to me, but it definitely isn't an announcement that the general block feature is going away. [1]: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1666594707621773312 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1666594707621773312

BulgarianIdiot 3y ago
The block feature IS going away. Let me fill you in on the entire story so far: 1. Elon introduces Twitter Blue $8 subscriptions and announces that when enough Blue subscribers block someone, the victim will be rank demoted for the entire site. 2. Twitter Blue rightwing subscribers start organizing block mobs attacking the left and generally people they don't like, hoping to in effect force Twitter to shadowban "enemy" accounts. It's working. 3. This forces potential victims to block Blue checks on sight, immediately, because otherwise they risk being blocked back, and rank demoted. 4. Elon complaining publicly that increased blocking activity is like DDoS on the timeline service. 5. Elon saying how blocking is not nice and he has removed all his blocks on his account, trying to influence his followers. 6. Elon testing the waters in this tweet that the block feature is going away, to see if there will be a backlash. He wants to remove it. Everyone is blocking everyone due to the climate of Twitter these days, and all these poorly thought out ranking features Elon has forced on the platform. I've also missed part of the story where at one point there were browser extensions "block the Blue" that were mass blocking anyone with a paid check. Elon banned accounts promoting such extensions directly. He was terrified of the aftermath on the social graph. The timeline service now has to work twice as hard implementing these giant blocking lists. So now he wants blocking GONE.

BulgarianIdiot 3y ago

The block feature IS going away. Let me fill you in on the entire story so far: 1. Elon introduces Twitter Blue $8 subscriptions and announces that when enough Blue subscribers block someone, the victim will be rank demoted for the entire site. 2. Twitter Blue rightwing subscribers start organizing block mobs attacking the left and generally people they don't like, hoping to in effect force Twitter to shadowban "enemy" accounts. It's working. 3. This forces potential victims to block Blue checks on sight, immediately, because otherwise they risk being blocked back, and rank demoted. 4. Elon complaining publicly that increased blocking activity is like DDoS on the timeline service. 5. Elon saying how blocking is not nice and he has removed all his blocks on his account, trying to influence his followers. 6. Elon testing the waters in this tweet that the block feature is going away, to see if there will be a backlash. He wants to remove it. Everyone is blocking everyone due to the climate of Twitter these days, and all these poorly thought out ranking features Elon has forced on the platform. I've also missed part of the story where at one point there were browser extensions "block the Blue" that were mass blocking anyone with a paid check. Elon banned accounts promoting such extensions directly. He was terrified of the aftermath on the social graph. The timeline service now has to work twice as hard implementing these giant blocking lists. So now he wants blocking GONE.