but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit
well they already have the nazis and csam…
also let’s be honest; this is just another way for bigots to harass marginalised people on twitter.
It can’t emulate Reddit as long as tweet length is capped for free users
Mind blown, would you be interested in an executive position at Reddit. What other great ideas you got?
I don’t know if anyone remembers it, but Twitter actually had dislike as experimental feature for some users for some time before Elon, I think like 2 or 3 years ago, I remember having it on one of my accounts
News article from 2021 - https://www.pcmag.com/news/twitter-dislike-button-coming-soon-nope
I like that everyone thinks it makes a difference whether or not this is a feature, when in reality people have a tendency to carve a desire path to anything they feel makes sense. Twitter may not have a downvote but they do have the “ratio” which does basically the same thing using the mechanics of Twitter.
Given the rumours surrounding the CEO of Twitter, and how he may have pushed for his account to be prioritised because the algorithm knocked it down for being blocked so much, this feature doesn’t seem like it has long for the world, unless he makes them add an exception for him.
