@anildash @dangillmor This is predictable. Any mass, unrefined opaque tool with no recourse will eventually be turned on dissent. Always.
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Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@dangillmor is your argument that political powers will somehow require individuals to opt in to using a blocklist?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @anildash
@anildash@dangillmor At the moment, political powers censor via overwhelming people, not via direct censorship. Tactic spreading.1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@anildash@dangillmor Overwhelmed people need tools to filter the overflow. Any tool that is opaque, without recourse helps them.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@anildash@dangillmor So we need more tools, existing tools need recourse.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@dangillmor I'm fine with more, better tools. I'm saying I don't believe that is the goal of that piece or that writer.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @anildash
@anildash@zeynep@dangillmor the biggest issue is that@Twitter really should solve this blocking of trolls algorithmically or via an API.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @rasmusvuori
@rasmusvuori@anildash@dangillmor@twitter The biggest issue is that, yes. We need better, more refined, and more community oriented tools.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@anildash@dangillmor agree. I've debated this a few times before, and community driven and ethical sound solutions are possible.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @rasmusvuori
@zeynep@anildash@dangillmor but they require quite a bit of work to implement so that they can't be gamed or abused.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@rasmusvuori @anildash @dangillmor FWIW, I raised this when I gave talk at Twitter: must empower users to be more refined in self-protection
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Replying to @zeynep
@rasmusvuori@anildash@dangillmor And it has to be a community by community empowerment, can't let individuals sink or swim.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@rasmusvuori@anildash@dangillmor The powerful are always better at gaming such systems, so you need to design defensively against that.0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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