Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by throwaway82652 on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:12AM
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Except it already is exactly that way, anyone can block anyone else they want. It turns out blocking people does nothing when you're being harassed by big groups of people, the damage was already done before you got the chance to hit block. And also it doesn't stop people from trash talking you behind your back and furthering the damage.
And there is the other dimension where you actually want to remove the ability to block from some users, like public businesses and brands probably shouldn't be able to block complaints from customers and shareholders, politicians shouldn't be able to block their constituents, etc.
The obvious solution to me is just let people pick their own moderation tools, or at least configure it to how they would like. Moderation is great, but what I want moderated is different than what you might want moderated, and we should support broader implications.
This also allows Twitter to gain some independence from the wrath on both sides who want more or less moderation. They can respond by saying "Use the X moderation tool if you want more moderation or "Y if you want less".