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[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

but it doesn't want to emulate Reddit

well they already have the nazis and csam.....

also let's be honest; this is just another way for bigots to harass marginalised people on twitter.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It can't emulate Reddit as long as tweet length is capped for free users

[–] Duamerthrax 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wait until reddit introduces that "feature".

[–] Doomsider 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mind blown, would you be interested in an executive position at Reddit. What other great ideas you got?

[–] Duamerthrax 7 points 5 months ago

What if we minted all the comments our users make into NFTs and sell them? Also, POGs. They're due for a comeback.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know if anyone remembers it, but Twitter actually had dislike as experimental feature for some users for some time before Elon, I think like 2 or 3 years ago, I remember having it on one of my accounts

News article from 2021 - https://www.pcmag.com/news/twitter-dislike-button-coming-soon-nope

[–] rsuri 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah all that X can really do now for new features is roll out things that were half-built before Elon fired everyone.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

I like that everyone thinks it makes a difference whether or not this is a feature, when in reality people have a tendency to carve a desire path to anything they feel makes sense. Twitter may not have a downvote but they do have the "ratio" which does basically the same thing using the mechanics of Twitter.

[–] T156 9 points 5 months ago

Given the rumours surrounding the CEO of Twitter, and how he may have pushed for his account to be prioritised because the algorithm knocked it down for being blocked so much, this feature doesn't seem like it has long for the world, unless he makes them add an exception for him.

[–] simplejack 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] nutsack 1 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

This is about that Twitter website people used to use right? Sorry, out of the loop here.

[–] SeattleRain 4 points 5 months ago

It desperately needs this. Very inflammatory tweets can get widely circulated by brigading with no real way to stop it even if it's a wildly unpopular sentiment.

[–] dog_ 4 points 5 months ago

They had them before. What makes it any different now?

[–] SeattleRain 3 points 5 months ago

I'd prefer a filter for blue checkmarks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I think they should go all in on emulating reddit. In fact, I think they should get more in line with the naming scheme of reddit, an re-rename their brand to X-it.

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