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They used the account only to announce disruptions - and didn't lock comments/replies. So obviously on some of those posts you would see replies from people an
by techcode 2y ago
They used the account only to announce disruptions - and didn't lock comments/replies.
So obviously on some of those posts you would see replies from people annoyed by specific disruptions.
The weird thing is that you actually need to spend time to find any replies - as most announcements didn't have replies.
And those I found only reached the "sarcastically formed hypothetical question". And still often being on point - e.g. why are there no fallback buses to cover tram/metro disruptions.
Considering all that - it seems "constant hateful messages" is at least a bit exaggerated.
- beepboopboop 2y agoIt’s possible that they were getting DMs that were hateful too. Good point about turning off replies though, seems like a one-way communication method should meet their requirements if they can set it up that way.
- techcode 2y agoI've subconsciously ruled out DMs - so thanks for pointing out. That's said, GVBs announcement was mentioning lack of supervision/moderation, and they continue to use WhatsApp - so I don't think it was Twitter/X DMs but actual replies. And yeah you can simply set who can reply for each post on X - e.g. only mentioned users, so for their announcements basically no one. And while there's obviously a segment of X users that are the kind you imagine also trolls on 4chan - reporting posts/replies with racism/hate/etc usually results in their temporary or even permanent ban.