Because I don't think being strongly pro-free speech means that I have to allow everyone to join *my* conversation.https://twitter.com/n8r0n74/status/926595942697938945 …
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Nate, u saying this is a public forum so no one should block others (even if abusive?) Your personal Twitter rules aren't universal.
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I've already clarified that I'm ok w/ Block for abuse (so long as that's not equated to "annoying", "time wasting", etc).
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Anything that impedes the free exchange of ideas I will block for. But I support people blocking for any reason to make their Twitter theirs
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Blocking is itself an impediment to free xchange of ideas, not a solution for impediments. I agree, it's trying to make a public space yours
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It can be if you're blocking sets of ideas rather than people who can't have discussions of them. I don't but that's OK too.
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Yes, you build your own Twitter by choosing who to follow and who to allow to follow you, who to hear & who to allow to hear you.
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That is OK & actually probably necessary once you get past a certain number of followers & want to be sure of seeing the worthwhile tweets
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I actually agree that blocking may be a useful tactic for improving ur feed's signal-to-noise ratio. Just not that it's pro free speech.
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Twitter. It's *their* forum, not yours. Again, protected account is an option they support. As are DMs.
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But they decide to give me a block button so I can decide who does & doesn't have access to me.
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I think we've been over this pt, too. The original thread was about whether using it in that way is consistent w/ being pro free speech.
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Yes but then you said Twitter got to decide. I support free speech by encouraging all ideas to be expressed in my conversations.
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I've honestly lost the thread here. Again, b/c I can't scroll up and see what you're referring to.
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I can. I said 'Who gets to decide who I have dealings with' and you said 'Twitter.' So I pointed out Twitter lets me decide.
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Ah, yes, thank you. I don't think that's inconsistent w/ what I've said. TBC, if Twitter bans, that may be anti-free-speech, too.
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That would be, yes. Because that stops the person from speaking on Twitter and also others from hearing them. Me, opting myself out, doesn't
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