I wonder how much of Twitter's toxicity would vanish if it allowed users to whitelist the comments appearing under their tweets. And how much this would harm engagement, if at all.https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1056860881869553664 …
For 99.9% of users, the problem is not toxicity, it's that no one cares enough to respond to their tweets. Being on twitter, when you're not a celebrity, can be pretty lonely.
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Those 99.9% would whitelist by default. The feature would only be used by some power users who seem to suffer a very real and quasi-permanent harassment.
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I'm skeptical about how important that is. Which power users not only complain but leave the service? Complaining gets them attention and virality. No doubt your whitelisting idea has merit. Twitter's problem is not lack of solutions, it's that they don't take action.
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