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Twitter/X removing the block feature (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by mastermind@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] uwe@lemmy.world 214 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I have him blocked. It's my fault. He noticed and now he is going to axe the whole feature

[–] DarkWasp@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I could actually seeing that being the reason he’s doing this. Nothing a narcissist hates more than people ignoring them.

[–] BrudderAaron@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is PRECISELY the reason. He fired a lead engineer who told him they can't control how many people engage with his tweets. So he made it so that EVERYONE gets to see his tweets in their feed. Queue mass blocking of him and now he's upset.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

Lol oh my god, I think you’re 100% on the ball with that hypothesis. I honestly can’t think of a better explanation, and it absolutely fits with his narcissistic neuroses.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I mean… I’m willing to fight this fight if he wants to play it that way. I’d be more than happy to make a lot more heinous troll accounts to spam him with, and I’m willing to bet that a lot of other people feel the same way.

[–] band_on_the_run@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn you! (I’m gonna blame you even though I blocked him too.)

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I bet a ton of users blocked him that day he messed with the algorithm so much he was boosted into feeds that didn't even follow him.

[–] band_on_the_run@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Lol that’s exactly what happened to me. I blocked his dumb ass after that little stunt. Now he’s back. Ugh.

[–] sab@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Damn it, uwe. This is why we can't have nice things.