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AI_TechGam3FAQS
08/18/23 5:29:59 PM
#101:


Block that DM

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SSMajinVegeta2
08/18/23 5:44:31 PM
#102:


People hurt my feelings lol

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hockeybub89
08/18/23 5:50:01 PM
#103:


SSMajinVegeta2 posted...
People hurt my feelings lol
Elon loves free speech. Blocking is free speech.

You have a right to a platform. You don't have a right for everyone to listen to you whether or not they want to.

Maybe I'll just start following people around insulting them or just saying annoying bullshit. If they tell me to shut up or try to drown me out with headphones or by placing a physical barrier between us, I'll call them triggered babies afraid of other opinions.

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TheHorus
08/18/23 5:53:21 PM
#104:


https://twitter.com/ShitzN_Giggles/status/1692602633972814258
https://twitter.com/MorganTremaine/status/1692574874005389588

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hockeybub89
08/18/23 5:58:32 PM
#105:


The narrative of the right has gone from "We have a right to say what we want" to "You have no right to not listen".

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wackyteen
08/18/23 5:59:52 PM
#106:


hockeybub89 posted...
The narrative of the right has gone from "We have a right to say what we want" to "You have no right to not listen".
"You have no right to not listen to us but we don't have to listen to you"

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Kazer
08/18/23 6:25:33 PM
#107:


Hayame_Zero posted...
This can potentially get it taken off of the App Store because Apple's TOS requires social apps to have a Block function:

https://twitter.com/williamlegate/status/1692592664493904354?t=ClJdMQG5k1kce3f9V6n5Sg&s=19

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/5/5/AAcuNqAAEw3z.jpg

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IHeartRadiation
08/18/23 6:42:56 PM
#108:


Dis gon' b gud

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Humble_Novice
08/18/23 6:43:48 PM
#109:


I'm offering a few invite codes to Bluesky albeit with some minor stipulations: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80540453

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LinkFanatic
08/18/23 6:53:40 PM
#110:


MICHALECOLE posted...
Why do people use that site still?

I use it to follow meteorology posts from people I knew that have moved on from Weather Underground. That's about it.

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Humble_Novice
08/18/23 7:39:40 PM
#111:


Humble_Novice posted...
I'm offering a few invite codes to Bluesky albeit with some minor stipulations: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80540453
All gone now. Maybe I'll resume offering codes here next time once I get enough.

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BakonBitz
08/18/23 8:05:10 PM
#112:


Humble_Novice posted...
All gone now. Maybe I'll resume offering codes here next time once I get enough.
Damn, I was just too late, lol. I did find someone on Twitter who told me he was willing to offer me an invite once he got one, so I think I'll be good anyway.

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Red_XIV
08/18/23 8:12:25 PM
#113:


Solar_Crimson posted...
Blue sky can't launch publicly soon enough.
I have zero interest in Bluesky because it's a Jack Dorsey project. The same guy who enthusiastically supported Musk's takeover of Twitter, and back when he was the Twitter CEO singlehandedly prohibited any actions being taken against Trump for his constant hatemongering on the platform.

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andel
08/18/23 8:15:35 PM
#114:


Red_XIV posted...
I have zero interest in Bluesky because it's a Jack Dorsey project. The same guy who enthusiastically supported Musk's takeover of Twitter, and back when he was the Twitter CEO singlehandedly prohibited any actions being taken against Trump for his constant hatemongering on the platform.

dorsey sucks but all those guys suck. dorsey sucks way less than musk tho

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pnut027
08/18/23 8:26:20 PM
#115:


Bass posted...
Ah yes. People just love when features are removed.
He should have turned it into a paid feature.

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Humble_Novice
08/18/23 8:36:20 PM
#116:


Red_XIV posted...
I have zero interest in Bluesky because it's a Jack Dorsey project. The same guy who enthusiastically supported Musk's takeover of Twitter, and back when he was the Twitter CEO singlehandedly prohibited any actions being taken against Trump for his constant hatemongering on the platform.
Actually, Dorsey is merely an early investor of the platform. He has nothing to do with its inner workings, day-to-day operations, or moderating team.

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Giblet_Enjoyer
08/18/23 8:48:58 PM
#117:


That site has like fucking 3 billion users, is the block feature even useful? How can a person even block every person that hurts their feelings? It makes sense here where there are only 38 people but I don't see the point of it on twitter

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Enclave
08/18/23 8:56:55 PM
#118:


Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
That site has like fucking 3 billion users, is the block feature even useful? How can a person even block every person that hurts their feelings? It makes sense here where there are only 38 people but I don't see the point of it on twitter

There's less than a million blue checkmarks and of the blue checkmarks there's only a fraction of them that are such miserable pieces of shit that blocking them is needed.

It's absolutely a useful function, just ask pretty near any trans person on the platform.

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AI_TechGam3FAQS
08/18/23 8:58:01 PM
#119:


Humble_Novice posted...
I'm offering a few invite codes to Bluesky albeit with some minor stipulations: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80540453

Lmfao

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andel
08/18/23 9:03:37 PM
#120:


Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
That site has like fucking 3 billion users, is the block feature even useful? How can a person even block every person that hurts their feelings? It makes sense here where there are only 38 people but I don't see the point of it on twitter

twitter doesn't even have a billion users. facebook is the one with multi billions of users

you don't see the point of being able to block potential stalkers or harassers? it makes way more sense on social media than it does here

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Kradek
08/18/23 9:07:24 PM
#121:


"YOU WILL SEE OUR FAR RIGHT-WING PROPAGANDA AND YOU WILL ENJOY IT, DAMNIT!" ~Musk, probably

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Giblet_Enjoyer
08/18/23 9:18:28 PM
#122:


andel posted...
twitter doesn't even have a billion users. facebook is the one with multi billions of users

you don't see the point of being able to block potential stalkers or harassers? it makes way more sense on social media than it does here
Hmm, I didn't think of stalkers. Maybe a person could be allowed like 10-20 blocks so that they can deal with that sort of thing if it happens.

Isn't muting still a feature? I don't use twitter, but someone else ITT mentioned muting, which is one-way. Two-way muting without the other person's consent is childish except in extreme cases like stalking. If you post something, people you hate should be able to see it even if you don't wanna see them.

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Questionmarktarius
08/18/23 9:24:12 PM
#123:


Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
Two-way muting without the other person's consent is childish except in extreme cases like stalking.
Even with stalking, it won't matter much when you can mute.
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Giblet_Enjoyer
08/18/23 9:32:07 PM
#124:


Questionmarktarius posted...
Even with stalking, it won't matter much when you can mute.
Well they can still see your stuff so they're still able to stalk you in that case, so blocking seems useful there. I really don't have hardly any experience with twitter at all so idk what stalking someone on it even entails, I'm just assuming here that it can be used to facilitate irl stalking, maybe by tracking a person's updates on where they are physically and then using that to follow them. Muting doesn't protect you from that sort of thing.

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Alteres
08/18/23 9:38:53 PM
#125:


They can always just make another account as well.

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Giblet_Enjoyer
08/18/23 9:44:35 PM
#126:


Alteres posted...
They can always just make another account as well.
True. Dealing with stalkers in any case via site features seems pretty futile

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SuperShake666
08/18/23 9:45:00 PM
#127:


Bet money that due to the lack of competent engineers they're just hiding the button and someone will find it in the API.

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andel
08/18/23 10:41:51 PM
#128:


Questionmarktarius posted...
Even with stalking, it won't matter much when you can mute.

muting doesn't do anything for stalkers, it just removes their posts from you seeing them.

it's wild people continue to dickride musk despite the fact that every decision he makes devalues twitter more and more. personally i thought twitter was shit even before he bought it, it's just even much worse now and it's funny how he torched 44 billion on something not even worth a tenth of that amount now

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andel
08/18/23 10:43:55 PM
#129:


Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
Hmm, I didn't think of stalkers. Maybe a person could be allowed like 10-20 blocks so that they can deal with that sort of thing if it happens.

Isn't muting still a feature? I don't use twitter, but someone else ITT mentioned muting, which is one-way. Two-way muting without the other person's consent is childish except in extreme cases like stalking. If you post something, people you hate should be able to see it even if you don't wanna see them.

the block feature is unnecessary on a site like this where people are not using their actual names, but on social media it is definitely a concern for some people.

ultimately there doesn't seem to be an actual reason for musk to remove the feature, especially since he is known to use it a lot

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Kloe_Rinz
08/18/23 10:45:02 PM
#130:


But of course Elon / X will still have the freedom to ban whoever they want, which is completely OK because that's not blocking them
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Questionmarktarius
08/18/23 10:46:19 PM
#131:


andel posted...
it's wild people continue to dickride musk despite the fact that every decision he makes devalues twitter more and more.
My offer of $12 and half a turkey sandwich still stands
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Intro2Logic
08/18/23 10:50:49 PM
#132:


Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
Two-way muting without the other person's consent is childish except in extreme cases like stalking.
Why do you think this? You should be able to prevent others from engaging with your content, stinking up your replies with bullshit, etc.

It's like how everybody should have Vicious_Dios blocked on here

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Anteaterking
08/18/23 11:05:47 PM
#133:


Apple's ability to control so much about any app that people want on their phones is kind of insane even if it punishes the "right" person in this instance.

I generally think that blocking on gamefaqs is weak because topics are actually "conversations" and it's always weird when two people are talking past each other because one has the other blocked.

On Twitter though, what's the downside to letting normal people block others? There's no real obligation to wade into your replies and respond to psychos.

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Giblet_Enjoyer
08/18/23 11:46:03 PM
#134:


Intro2Logic posted...
Why do you think this? You should be able to prevent others from engaging with your content, stinking up your replies with bullshit, etc.

It's like how everybody should have Vicious_Dios blocked on here
Maybe you should be able to keep them from posting replies to your tweets but keeping them from seeing them at all? Nah. That's weak sauce

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Arcanine2009
08/18/23 11:51:44 PM
#135:


I can't. I just can't buy a Tesla from the CEO who is a total douche bag. No matter how much my brother convinces me and how cheap they get.

I'll just wait for solid state battery EVs from non Teslas at this point.

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KainFourteh
08/18/23 11:55:37 PM
#136:


DKBananaSlamma posted...
Blocking is so dumb anyway and makes you weak. You can't just ignore bad opinions? lol

RIP Kamiya tho

RebeccaBlack posted...
Not seeing an issue here

BlockAddition posted...
Blocking is for the weak, good on Elon

Short sighted imbeciles, the lot of you. @RebeccaBlack
@BlockAddition

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andel
08/18/23 11:59:22 PM
#137:


BlockAddition posted...
Blocking is for the weak, good on Elon

musk has publicly admitted to blocking multiple people so it is weird hypocrisy from a pathetic manchild like musk

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Red_XIV
08/19/23 12:04:16 AM
#138:


Most likely he'll end up making what he calls a "compromise" by making blocking a paid feature. Which will actually just be so that he can continue blocking people and so can his blue-check simps. But all the free users won't be able to block the blue anymore. And the blue checks will buy it, because of course they will.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/7/9/AABkePAAEw7T.jpg

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RebeccaBlack
08/19/23 7:44:25 AM
#139:


KainFourteh posted...
Short sighted imbeciles, the lot of you. @BlockAddition @ RebeccaBlack

Uhhh no. I just can recognize a non issue as a non issue. It's his site, he can run it how he wants which is perfectly fine. He's not breaking any laws or rules so who cares?
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andel
08/19/23 8:19:36 AM
#140:


RebeccaBlack posted...
Uhhh no. I just can recognize a non issue as a non issue. It's his site, he can run it how he wants which is perfectly fine. He's not breaking any laws or rules so who cares?

somehow i doubt you keep that same energy for gamefaqs considering you are a permabanned alt lol

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Intro2Logic
08/19/23 8:29:07 AM
#141:


RebeccaBlack posted...
He's not breaking any laws or rules so who cares?
He is actually breaking laws and rules, if not with this specific decision then with others.

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TwoDoorPC
08/19/23 8:47:03 AM
#142:


elon's version of free speech is "you must listen to everything everyone has to say"

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RebeccaBlack
08/19/23 8:51:14 AM
#143:


Intro2Logic posted...
He is actually breaking laws and rules, if not with this specific decision then with others.

Not here he isn't. So it's kinda moot. When the opposite happens, people say it's their business and their rules when it comes to banning so deal with it,so why wouldn't that be true now outside of their own biases?
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creativerealms
08/20/23 12:59:33 AM
#144:


TwoDoorPC posted...
elon's version of free speech is "you must listen to everything everyone has to say"
No just everyone he agrees with. Liberals and leftists are being silenced on the platform

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Block_that_Kick
08/20/23 10:05:41 AM
#145:


Hahaha

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1693216678975287615

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RikaxNipah
08/20/23 10:25:20 AM
#146:


Good luck with that one.
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Cemith
08/20/23 10:32:04 AM
#147:


Giblet_Enjoyer posted...
How can a person even block every person that hurts their feelings?

This line of thinking is so fucking bizarre to me. Someone doesn't have to "hurt someone else's feelings" to justify being blocked. I can block anyone for any reason ever. Advertisements were everywhere? Block/Un-recommend. Nazi's? Block. Flat earthers? Block. "You may be interested" posts showing up on my TL?

Yep, you guessed it.

It's a superb feature for any social media site because people are fucking lunatics.

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McSame_as_Bush
08/20/23 11:15:44 AM
#148:


Block_that_Kick posted...
Hahaha

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1693216678975287615

Wow I just learned that I'm blocked by James Woods.

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-Unowninator-
08/20/23 11:19:27 AM
#149:


Kombucha posted...
Do people still use that site? Why?

I use it to upload Nintendo Switch captures so I don't have to take out the micro SD card.

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ai123
08/20/23 11:24:46 AM
#150:


It's not about 'hurt feelings'.

It's about the quality of the experience.

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