The new Twitter "quality filter" looks like an obvious pander to elite "power users" at the expense of regular users https://blog.twitter.com/2016/new-ways-to-control-your-experience-on-twitter …
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Replying to @mtracey
"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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Replying to @mtracey
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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Replying to @mtracey
my understanding is that the quality filter has been available to verified accounts for ages now?
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Replying to @Lollardfish @mtracey
and that it cuts out abuse? Women I know argue it should have been offered to every user on day 1 of the site's service, really.
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Replying to @Lollardfish
And other women disagree. There is no unified "woman" position on this.
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Replying to @mtracey
I don't get this position. Everyone should be able to get automated tools to keep the hate out of their feeds.
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Tools are already available without changing the entire system.
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