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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jun 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @NAChristakis

      .., and on purpose, barged in on your conversation & yelled at you in great numbers. People have a right to their attention—day is 24 hours.

      1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jun 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @NAChristakis

      I think traditional liberal conception of free speech is speaker focused—let people speak—and misses the right to hear, and right to focus.

      1 reply 2 retweets 10 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jun 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @NAChristakis

      In a world where billions can speak at you, this can be a form of censorship—they can overwhelm your attention so you cannot hear or think.

      2 replies 5 retweets 13 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jun 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @NAChristakis

      Are people supposed to let hundreds of people just constantly ping them, while they have no right to direct their attention as they wish?

      2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jun 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @NAChristakis

      Blocking someone does not limit their right to speak, just limits their ability to occupy *your* attention at that moment. Day is limited.

      2 replies 3 retweets 14 likes
    6. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 11 Jun 2017
      Replying to @zeynep

      But but then why not mute? Why block strangers you've never interacted with, in advance, allowing others to decide for you who can hear you?

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jun 2017
      Replying to @NAChristakis

      Two reasons. Block is a social signal. Raising the bar/friction for them to ping you. They can always log out and see you.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jun 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @NAChristakis

      Second, they are often siccing their followers on you, to harass you. Adds friction to that process. Though I do wish we had better tools.

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jun 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @NAChristakis

      I wrote about the social signal aspect before: you're signaling a sanction and making it harder for them to gang up. https://medium.com/message/whats-wrong-with-twitters-latest-experiment-with-broadcasting-favorites-a7c0c81896f7 …

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    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jun 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @NAChristakis

      Respectfully, you are thinking of all this as an individual-to-individual issue; rather, people are targeted categorically, to shut them up.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jun 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @NAChristakis

      Block: they cannot quote tweet you. Quote tweet is very often is used to start cascades of harassment for example.

      6:58 AM - 11 Jun 2017
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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 11 Jun 2017
          Replying to @zeynep @NAChristakis

          I say all this while being uneasy about block-lists; they are a crude, defensive tool in a world where platforms don't protect users.

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