In a shocking statement this morning X owner Elon Musk said X, the former Twitter, would remove blocking as a feature.
“Apps with user-generated content present particular challenges, ranging from intellectual property infringement to anonymous bullying. To prevent abuse, apps with user-generated content or social networking services must include ... the ability to block abusive users from the service.”“Apps that contain or feature UGC, including apps which are specialized browsers or clients to direct users to a UGC platform, must implement robust, effective, and ongoing UGC moderation that ...
Essentially what we have in the former Twitter is a powerful global business leader and one of the world’s richest men continually shooting his mouth off before checking with experts, getting advice, or doing such basic due diligence as a Google search on whatever his decree du jour might be, and then ultimately having to eat his words, retract his statements, or simply ignore former pronouncements.Musk also promised in late 2022 to offer a vote on “major policy changes.
Blocking has been an essential part of social media sites for many who have been targeted on basis of their beliefs, actions, or simply who they are, and many consider it an important part of their ability to maintain mental health. It’s also important to be able to silence scam or spam accounts. “I utilize the block feature as a boundary to keep myself and my family safe from would-be stalkers & predators who politically target me and want to harm or frighten me,”One voice in favor, however, is Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, who simply replied to Musk saying “100. Mute only.”
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