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How @Twitter Papercuts Me Daily
A few times a day I block or ignore trolls leaping into my mentions with comments or slurs that technically don't violate twitter guidelines. Here's one from a few minutes ago...
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A few times a day I block or ignore trolls leaping into my mentions with comments or slurs that technically don't violate twitter guidelines. Here's one from a few minutes ago...
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...and i know women, reporters, etc get this same treatment 100x. They're what i call "papercuts" - things that we're supposed to shrug off bec the platform has so many other good things.
But each of the interactions has a cost, minimally in time & cumulatively in yuck
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But each of the interactions has a cost, minimally in time & cumulatively in yuck
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...the majority of these accounts are low follower count, who spend all their time leaping into other people's replies. There's an easy fingerprint to ID this activity and I'm assuming very little cumulative good they create on the platform.
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..."manage your notifications" twitter says. Ok, which of these do you want me to toggle on? Of course i can reduce this to a personal echo chamber if needed but is that the best Twitter can figure out?
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...and so as much as i benefit from this site, & love many of the people who work on it, i don't understand why twitter isn't more proactive abt these papercuts.
My suggestion has always been to treat unwanted "replies" with a harsher policy stick
5/x https://hunterwalk.com/2016/07/18/why-doesnt-twitters-safety-policy-differentiate-between-my-backyard-and-your-backyard-a-simple-proposal/
My suggestion has always been to treat unwanted "replies" with a harsher policy stick
5/x https://hunterwalk.com/2016/07/18/why-doesnt-twitters-safety-policy-differentiate-between-my-backyard-and-your-backyard-a-simple-proposal/
...so until more is done to prevent trolls from flying into people's replies, pooping and flying away, the "papercut" problem will continue and #HealthyConversations is a bs under-resourced initiative
6/6 https://hunterwalk.com/2017/01/08/twitter-trolls-should-lose-ability-to-include-names-in-tweets/
6/6 https://hunterwalk.com/2017/01/08/twitter-trolls-should-lose-ability-to-include-names-in-tweets/
Ok, folks told me these are worth toggling on. So far definitely surprised that some legit friendâs acts havenât confirmed email/phone. Do it! Youâre getting hidden otherwise.
