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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
You should know me better than that by now about my opinions.
I KNOW a lot of women, especially those who are very attractive, get harassed by mostly men (though there are women who harass as well). And muting won't necessarily work with stalkers and harassers as they can STILL get their photos and info because they're still following on the platform, even if the woman put her profile on private. That wouldn't happen if the dude (or sometimes dudette) is blocked.
I have an actual friend, someone I met at work over a decade ago, who has to block people who harass her and at least 3 who actively stalked her (tho it goes further than X). She's not the only woman I know on X who has had to block harassers and tried to use past tweets against her or used her pics and photoshopped them and sent to her family (she doesn't do nudes or anything) ... She has had to get the police involved...
As MEN, we often don't see how it is for women or take into account how THEY feel about the same things WE might brush off ... Because it doesn't affect us the same way it does them.
That's why just muting doesn't help in those matters.
Clearly you don't use it cause for the past few months the amount of spam bots, scam accounts, etc, has increased by an insane amount, before this I never used the block function but for some "reason" things changed and the site became shit to browse because every second post would be an ad and most top replies would be "Blue ticks" pushing crypto scams and going for fake engagement. Blocking gets rid of them, Muting will mean they can still throw their shit up on peoples replies.
StueyDuck
Member
I don't use it... social media is embarrassing. Get out while you still can, you'll have a healthier life
demigod
Member
Jez Corden and Tom Warren on suicide watch.
Sonik
Member
You can still mute people, you just can't block them from commenting on what you said thus creating a circlejerk for you and people who agree with you. Let's face it, this has little to do with harassment and more to do with people that don't want to see their opinion challenged on the internet. There is possibly a tiny percentage of people that will actually be affected by this in a tangible way but I think the positives outweigh the negatives
Sushi_Combo
Member
He's such a fucking clown. Sad to see people take him seriously.
Meicyn
Gold Member
Actually, you do. This forum itself is a form of social media. You are participating in various topics and getting into internet arguments with complete strangers.
By the way, is this:
…what you consider having a healthier life? Dude lives rent free in your head, it’s really weird.
The Stig
Member
ah ok, mute sounds useful.
You're on a forum, and again not all social media is woke therapy training, you know you can cater your shit so you only see what you want to see? I've never seen any woke agenda LGBT+++ party posts on my timeline as it's mainly game and music and developer stuff. I honestly think some of you have this warped idea that you're forced to follow at least 20 rainbow haired radical feminists when you join and every third post must be about a woke issue.
StueyDuck
Member
I consider going outside and spending time with friends and family healthier than hovelling in a basement hoping for someone to please notice my internet opinion
.This isn't the cool gotcha you think it is
Jason Schreier is a loser and since I can't give him the fat slap he deserves in person I can have a good chuckle when something doesn't go his way, because I know this will ruin his life... and it's such a pathetic thing to be upset about as well, "oh no, that thing I actively choose to participate in won't cater to my every needs waaah"
StueyDuck
Member
A forum is a forum... its so weird people think this and social media are the same thing.
Unless there's some revenue stream I'm missing out on for doing hot tub streams or something
Also you are wrong about "it never happens" literal companies start that shit
you telling me you don't see xboxs inclusivity tweets all the time. Again get rid of social media, it will help you mentally trust me. There's no one on there that's actually worth anytime myself and yourself included
Meicyn
Gold Member
uh huhI consider going outside and spending time with friends and family healthier than hovelling in a basement hoping for someone to please notice my internet opinion
No because I don't follow Xbox/PlayStation/Nintendo, I follow other websites that report on it better.
StueyDuck
Member
See now if I was a social media person I'd have to block you right
.Watch me continue to not use social media .... wait... wait for it... waaaaaiiit for iiiiit...
Yep the world is still turning, turns out not blocking people on Twitter is a sad sad thing to be riled up about
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StueyDuck
Member
I mean who reports xbox/playstation/Nintendo News than themselves?
Your favorite news people are just following them and copy pasting it for you
why use social media for that when that happens here/reddit and if you really want to hate yourself, reseteraBecause sadly this place isn't as fast and broad as it used to be and a lot of stuff falls through the cracks, plus the gaming side here seems more interested in arguing with each other, and bruv, Reddit? You're dumping on social media and then suggest Reddit????
StueyDuck
Member
See I don't think you understand that I'm not addicted to a constant feed and the constant brain drain of "news and lights and colors".
So for me being 10 minutes late to a story on here isn't a big deal
And again I don't have some symbiotic relationship with social media, reddit, the news etc. Most the time it's when I'm taking a shit and need something to do that im browsing such things. So reddit for me is just a copy paste job, I'm not there to interact with anyone and there's 0 chance I'm gonna talk to the loonies on Twitter.
I'm not being facetious here, if you are genuinely that dependant on social media you really should try cut it down
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It really feels like you're trying to push something though, not gonna lie, you're trying to paint anyone who uses Twitter as an addict, meanwhile it seems like you stalk that Jason guy going off previous posts.
StueyDuck
Member
lol "jason guy"
(really?) is synonymous with blocking the instant you say anything he doesn't like, I don't even use twitter and i know that much about him.I do know "Jason Guy" from his articles and his hot takes however and he's a weiner, it is ok to call someone else a bad name
to infer i am stalking him is truly something else.again though, i'm not a social media person, so maybe that's what you social media people do? stalk people?
look how rattled you are about this blocking thing. you have literally just called me a stalker cause i made an off hand joke about someone.
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See now I know you're trolling
StueyDuck
Member
i am trolling, because this is such a nothing problem and look how worked up people are getting. Even an offhand joke about the king of blocking himself and you get painted a stalker.See now I know you're trolling
I don't know if this is a Murica thing or an age thing but i just can't see an app on my phone with internet opinions and lunatics being the biggest issue in my life
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Vicetrailia
Member
I love that she just straight up says it "The most important things is the ads, not the users!"
edit: Ahh Parody, but still feels close to what she meant.
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LegendOfKage
Member
It's funny, because I too noticed the checkmark and not the word parody. I really did think that came from her official account, and I really don't think parody accounts should be allowed to be verified for that exact reason.
ForAcademicPurposes
Gold Member
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
He is just not making any sense... And once the block feature is gone, then they won't be able to be blocked again ... HE might not see them but they'll use every tweet against him in some way or another.
Not very bright.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
So... He's ok with bots following him to up his profile but not for everyone else... figures.
He is a troll.
i am fan of elon and this is why.
Putonahappyface
Member
They really live in a different universe.
Darkmakaimura
Member
I'll admit again, I like Elon Musk....
But mfw....
He can be a real idiot.
But mfw....
He can be a real idiot.
AJUMP23
Gold Member
Elon blocked James. I saw that today.I'll admit again, I like Elon Musk....
But mfw....
He can be a real idiot.
Darkmakaimura
Member
I'm curious but why does Elon Musk act this way? I heard some people say it's his autism (or spectrum or w/e) and from my personal experience with high functioning autistic people, they aren't the easiest to get along with. But damn, he's really earning the hatred of everyone, regardless of ideology or values.
It's sad he's so childish because he really does have incredible potential.
He is a troll. He always has been.
theclaw135
Banned
"damned if you do, damned if you don't"
Blocking bots and spammers, good.
But when you can't see a person's posts, they can spread lies to destroy your image and you won't even know it until it's too late.
Blocking bots and spammers, good.
But when you can't see a person's posts, they can spread lies to destroy your image and you won't even know it until it's too late.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Exactly!
Jsisto
Member
What a colossal idiot. It’s pretty clear to me, as someone who is strongly against censorship, that users should still have some ability to curate their own experience and be able to block other accounts for numerous common sense reasons. It’s like he’s trying to destroy any reason for any rational person to defend him, little by little. Hard to think of any redeeming qualities that are left. He’s shown himself to be a complete tool. He has the emotional maturity of a kindergartener.
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Vicetrailia
Member
He has a mental illness called narcissism. He has other things too but I don’t know what they are since it could be various things.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Jason Schreier be like,
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
I think folks need to look deeper into why some on here are calling him out on like half of of his decisions concerning Twitter.
Sure, the site still works but many people have reported issues with it. Plenty of people have issues with the basic functions and the limitations he's imposed. The block feature is one they truly are fucking up. It's a dumb move.
Don't look at it through a political lens... Look at things from an end user perspective.
"Ha ha! Cry babies are crying because Musk is owning them! Genius!" ... Yet that isn't a sound business practice. That's a mental lashing out. That's immaturity to the highest level... Though I'm glad he hasn't literally put his butt on the site and called it a feature.
Sure, the site still works but many people have reported issues with it. Plenty of people have issues with the basic functions and the limitations he's imposed. The block feature is one they truly are fucking up. It's a dumb move.
Don't look at it through a political lens... Look at things from an end user perspective.
"Ha ha! Cry babies are crying because Musk is owning them! Genius!" ... Yet that isn't a sound business practice. That's a mental lashing out. That's immaturity to the highest level... Though I'm glad he hasn't literally put his butt on the site and called it a feature.
Hugare
Member
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