RIP social media. What comes next is messy

(arstechnica.com)

32 points | by Bender 14 hours ago ago

5 comments

  • pmdr 13 hours ago ago

    > BlueSky’s *highly effective blocking tools*, and even Twitter/X’s community notes feature, which often bridges cross-partisan divides, provide useful examples of possible solutions, if judiciously applied.

    So we have blocking versus openly pointing out what's wrong with something. People do like censorship, alright.

    • jfengel 12 hours ago ago

      You still have the right to speak.

      You don't have the right to an audience.

    • 2OEH8eoCRo0 12 hours ago ago

      I have a right to my own eyes and ears. It's not censorship to block trolls that I don't like.

    • customguy 12 hours ago ago

      I think the way blocking gets used and then bragged about to the personal bubble on BS (I wouldn't know about Twitter) is kind of pathetic, but at the same time, I do not mind getting blocked, or put on any of those shitlists, because that leaves me with the people who are either insane, kinda cool, or both.

    • hashmap 12 hours ago ago

      And yet I bet you leave your spam filter on instead of explaining to the spam what's wrong with it.