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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by ZainRiz on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:10PM (#33377169)
With an open API, you even open up the door to "moderation bots" that autoban users from your timeline if they appear to be bots

Hmm...this may turn into "Ban speech from my account that's promoting right/left wing agenda" moderation bots

Let the bot wars begin

Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by potta_coffee on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:26PM (#33377418)
I'm not going to lie, "bot wars" sounds a lot more fun than current Twitter. I want to play.
Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by dotnet00 on Friday October 28, 2022 @05:21PM (#33378077)
Those already do kind of exist, I recall scripts existing which can be used to block users from lists, and inevitably those were used for reinforcing echo chambers.

On the other hand, providing users with tools to curate their timelines is much better than having the company shove some arbitrary rulings down everyone's throats.