mastermind@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTwitter/X removing the block featurelemm.eeimagemessage-square312fedilinkarrow-up11.36Karrow-down1252
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minus-squareHuddaBudda@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up69·2 years agoThe block feature is not there out of the goodness of their CEO’s heart. It is there to limit liability from harassment. After all, why police harassment laws at your expense. When you can get the end user to enforce it for you. It’s just Dumb evil.
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoIt’s chaotic good, because by destroying his platform, he is making the fedi grow. Surely there has to be a point where people will leave, right?
minus-squareTheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoDid people stop using centralised services after all the data breaches and privacy scandals?
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoNot when there are no decentralized services to turn to.
The block feature is not there out of the goodness of their CEO’s heart.
It is there to limit liability from harassment. After all, why police harassment laws at your expense. When you can get the end user to enforce it for you.
It’s just Dumb evil.
It’s chaotic good, because by destroying his platform, he is making the fedi grow. Surely there has to be a point where people will leave, right?
Did people stop using centralised services after all the data breaches and privacy scandals?
Not when there are no decentralized services to turn to.