Preventing Twitter Pile Ons
Twitter pile ons are often caused by bad faith aggressive hordes. This blog discusses how blocking key individuals can help prevent pile ons and why it is an important tool to use.
Adam Ozimek
Chief economist at @InnovateEconomy. Host of the EconTwitter Water Cooler, live on twitter spaces and downloadable here: https://t.co/toyjfDruRu
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One of the worst parts of twitter is pile ons from bad faith aggressive hordes. These pile ons have no information content, they are hard to stop once they start, and they are almost entirely just rude comments not information or valid criticism. Blocking is key tool to prevent..
— Adam Ozimek (@ModeledBehavior) June 8, 2023 -
... these pile ons from starting in the first place. It becomes clear some bad faith individuals are key pipelines to the pile ons. They RT you to their aggressive bad faith communities, and the pile on starts. Blocking these individuals is NOT just about muting them.
— Adam Ozimek (@ModeledBehavior) June 8, 2023 -
It is about stopping the bad faith pile ons. If Elon doesn't understand that, he doesn't understand how twitter works, its flaws, the function of the block feature, etc. It would reveal (once again) a seriously flawed understanding of the nature of a platform he paid billions for
— Adam Ozimek (@ModeledBehavior) June 8, 2023 -
The reply "you can just mute" is very telling and reveals someone doesn't really understand the platform or how it works.
— Adam Ozimek (@ModeledBehavior) June 8, 2023 -
Its true Elon hates "elites" (whoever that is) and journalists and media people, but the fact is this platform wouldn't exist without them. You can't have a 500 million person platform made of right wing trolls trying to just troll each other.
— Adam Ozimek (@ModeledBehavior) June 8, 2023 -
A troll-first approach to platform design is a recipe for destroying the platform. Network effects are strong, but this would be dangerous in eroding them. Moreso than anything he's done yet.
— Adam Ozimek (@ModeledBehavior) June 8, 2023