"Power users" of a certain disposition have long been demanding system-wide changes that redress their own peculiar complaints. They got it.
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Elite cadres already gesticulate for one another on Twitter at stultifying rates: now they'll be able to do so with even less interruption
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Begging for our benevolent, all-knowing tech overlords for protection from "abuse" is a disaster waiting to happen.
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"Abuse" is an ill-defined, highly fungible concept often appropriated for cynical purposes by malevolent actors. Thus the scare quotes.
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Entrusting the High Priests of Tech to unilaterally define what "abuse" means by way of hazy, secret algorithms = what could go wrong?
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What change, if any, have you observed?
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I never block or mute and am enjoying myself. Oh well.
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Different people have different tolerance thresholds. I personally don't block and/or mute except in very extreme cases.
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This is strictly about online "abuse" thus the scare quotes. Physical abuse an entirely different matter.
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Seems as if Daniel Massogila is trying to make you admit you want this quality filter & is trolling you until you do!
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Actually it's a crucial distinction. Both topics are important in different ways but the distinction is crucial.
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Conflating physical sexual assault with mockery from Twitter eggs is insidious IMO.
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It's insidious when the whole vast spectrum of potential harms are lumped in under the banner of one term, "abuse."
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Because it elides crucial distinctions, oversimplifies a complex range of topics, & allows for widespread cynical appropriation
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"Conversation" should be maximally specific due to the extreme sensitivity of the subject matter.
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I wouldn't call the distinction between physical assault and Twitter trolling "tenuous," but OK
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That's what prompted this thread. See first tweet.
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There are ways to deal with threats of physical violence that don't necessitate making system-wide changes to Twitter
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