Thank you, uBlock Origin

Posted by dkthehuman on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:33PM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/dk_the_human/status/1318259672034414592

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Re:Thank you, uBlock Origin by roflchoppa3 on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:47PM (#24830837)

Are posts like this used to "boost" twitter accounts? seems like it is.

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Re:Thank you, uBlock Origin by dkthehuman on Monday October 19, 2020 @05:44PM (#24831375)

As other commenters pointed out, I use Twitter to share my thoughts like how others publish on their blogs.

People can follow me if they'd like, but I wouldn't know anyway because I've made tools specifically to hide followers/likes/vanity metrics on social media (https://hidelikes.com/).

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Re:Thank you, uBlock Origin by wnevets on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:50PM (#24830860)

Yeah the author created this post pointing to his own tweet saying thank you in relation to a different post already on HN.

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Re:Thank you, uBlock Origin by cvhashim on Monday October 19, 2020 @05:06PM (#24831030)

Doesn’t seem like the twitter OP is selling or promoting anything? And even if he did, who cares.

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Re:Thank you, uBlock Origin by eappleby on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:58PM (#24830946)

How is that different than someone "boosting" their own blog posts? Twitter seems like this person's medium of delivery for their content.

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Re:Thank you, uBlock Origin by lern_too_spel on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:52PM (#24830884)

It is a problem that people who maintain free extensions with lots of users can get big payoffs from selling those extensions to unscrupulous buyers, and the economic incentives heavily favor that eventual outcome. Thanking people who don't give in isn't enough to solve the problem.

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Re:Thank you, uBlock Origin by maffblaster on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:47PM (#24830834)

He is the best.

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