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Twitter Announces New Blocking and Filtering Features (wired.co.uk)
Twitter just began rolling out "new ways to control your experience," promising the two new features "will give you more control over what you see and who you interact with on Twitter." An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes a report from Wired UK:
First up, notification settings will allow those using Twitter on the web or on desktop to limit the notifications they receive for @ mentions, RTs, and other interactions to just be from people they follow. The feature can be turned on through the notifications tab. Twitter is also expanding its quality filter -- also accessible through notifications. "When turned on, the filter can improve the quality of Tweets you see by using a variety of signals, such as account origin and behavior," the company's product manager Emil Leong said in a blog post.
In December 2015, the company changed its rules to explicitly ban "hateful conduct" for the first time, while back in February last year, Twitter's then-CEO Dick Costolo admitted the network needed to improve how it handled trolls and abuse. In a leaked memo he said: "I'm frankly ashamed of how poorly we've dealt with this issue during my tenure as CEO. It's absurd. There's no excuse for it. I take full responsibility for not being more aggressive on this front. It's nobody else's fault but mine, and it's embarrassing."
Meanwhile, the Twitter account of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales was hacked on Saturday.
In December 2015, the company changed its rules to explicitly ban "hateful conduct" for the first time, while back in February last year, Twitter's then-CEO Dick Costolo admitted the network needed to improve how it handled trolls and abuse. In a leaked memo he said: "I'm frankly ashamed of how poorly we've dealt with this issue during my tenure as CEO. It's absurd. There's no excuse for it. I take full responsibility for not being more aggressive on this front. It's nobody else's fault but mine, and it's embarrassing."
Meanwhile, the Twitter account of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales was hacked on Saturday.
Nyberg is not only a vicious troll but also a self-admitted child predator who's openly been given pictures of people's children for sexual gratification,
Yep, and this has been documented repeatedly. If I'm not mistaken, she's even admitted to most of it.
Nyberg, Quinn, Sarkesian, Shives...they're the new fascists.
Don't agree with them? Then you're automatically a racist/sexist/homophobe/transphobe etc etc etc. Look at what they tried to do to Dr. Phil Mason and tell me that's "fair play".
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
Phone numbers are typically public information.
Is it 'screaming abuse' or simply criticism of stupid arguments from a lot of people all at once because they're hot on the topic? The long stream of responses is how twitter works. The point of twitter is to have a one-to-many interaction. These people are using the wrong medium if they don't like that. If they want the communication to remain one way, they should stick to blogs and turn the comments off.
No, free speech adherents think everyone has a right to speak their mind and support systems that allow this free exchange. The progressive censorship crowd thinks that society (or in this case, twitter/social media sites) should be responsible for shielding them from criticism while they remain free to lambast and police everyone else. Unfortunately, twitter has chosen the latter path with their 'trust and safety' council.