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Mike Masnick
@mmasnick.bsky.social
Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
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MMmmasnick.bsky.social

Here we have the nuclear block. Over on the other site they have... whatever the fuck this is... www.theverge.com/2024/9/23/24...

X will let people youā€™ve blocked see your posts
X will let people youā€™ve blocked see your posts

Elon Musk has said blocking ā€œmakes no sense.ā€

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Pprior-industry.bsky.social

Given he's hemorrhaging money, I'd not be surprised if this is to reduce server costs that come with actually having a functioning block feature.

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Ccomfortablybumd.bsky.social

It's "MOM SAID YOU HAVE TO LET ME PLAY, MIKE!"

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BWbjarnewitt.bsky.social

Bullying tsunami

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PFpfrazee.com

bluesky
@bluesky
damn that's crazy

anyway on bluesky, users have named the blocking function "the nuclear block" because it's such a powerful tool to reduce harassment and dogpiling
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Isn't this the second time they've considered doing this since Elon took over?

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MBmarkboyd.bsky.social

So if you make a joke about threatening to rape someone like musk did and then that person blocks you, they will still see your posts in their timeline so you can continue to cause aggressions and remind them of your threats constantly even if indirectly

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MSmitchsolomon.bsky.social

Musk has claimed he was going to do this before. I'm sure now that baby is prepared to enact it because of the Brazil slap down (he'll show them all right!). The EU now can make it very funny indeed apnews.com/article/digi...

Europe's sweeping rules for tech giants have kicked in. Here's how they work
Europe's sweeping rules for tech giants have kicked in. Here's how they work

Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe must comply with one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people see online.

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BMbajmihal.bsky.social

Heā€™s pissed that forcing himself into everyoneā€™s feed resulted in him being the most blocked account on Twitter

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JSjustin-stanley.com

I think of it as a ā€œElon wants more attention from the people who blocked himā€ feature. Thatā€™s how Iā€™d probably label it in the backlog.

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Mike Masnick
@mmasnick.bsky.social
Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
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