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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Feb 9
      Replying to @mattyglesias

      What Twitter needs is something less binary than blocking. Instead of preventing us from seeing either of our tweets, just show us less of them. I'd be happy to do that to anyone who liked certain tweets, but blocking is too extreme.

      5:25 AM - 9 Feb 2021
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      • Apostolos Kotsolis Yishi Zuo Geoff Greer VK Håvard Ihle Brett Alder manhattanbeachproject Black men are for adults!🦚 Kiyomi McFarlane 🇺🇸 🗳 🧦 🥑🔰
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        1. Michal Branski‏ @vxel Feb 9
          Replying to @paulg @mattyglesias

          It's already there. You may find it in your Twitter newsfeed under "...".

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        1. Gregory Rose‏ @grrosegr Feb 9
          Replying to @paulg @mattyglesias

          That exists, but there’s probably more to be built For example, “keep me away from the angry/vicious people” checkbox

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        1. Dr. 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖞 𝕾𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖊‏ @smart_intellecc Feb 9
          Replying to @paulg @mattyglesias

          Maybe stochastic blocking, where you can set the blocking level anywhere between 0 to 100%

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        1. Steve Pratley‏ @stephenpratley Feb 9
          Replying to @paulg @mattyglesias

          Muting is my chef's knife for good accounts who go off on a tangent. I don't want to cut off the relationship, but I'll cut out the ramblings.

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        2. Carlos Ribeiro‏ @carribeiro Feb 9
          Replying to @paulg @mattyglesias

          Liking is also not necessarily agreeing. I like plenty of tweets that I don't necessarily agree with. Sometimes it's just recognition that there's more to learn about a subject.

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        3. Carlos Ribeiro‏ @carribeiro Feb 9
          Replying to @carribeiro @paulg @mattyglesias

          I'd like to have more control of my timeline, and I would pay for it. Idea: a tool that summarizes my current timeline in big terms with sliders for fine tuning per topic. Note: I fear being locked inside a bubble. Turning Twitter in a perfect echo chamber would be terrible.

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        1. Steven Spencer‏ @sspencer_smb Feb 9
          Replying to @paulg @mattyglesias

          yes. ways to tweak the selection algo would be good...

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        1. Zachary Anglin‏ @zachanglin Feb 9
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        1. Karen Rylander‏ @KarenRylander Feb 9
          Replying to @paulg @mattyglesias

          I don’t want to block thoughtful people, only people that are out to harass. Twitter should give out more check marks to people that use their real name (at least to Twitter if need anon.) and give us the ability to filter out those without them.

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