Friday, August 18, 2023

Buncha popular peoplez on Twitter, Rick Wilson and Jennifer Rubin are two who I follow, have moved to Threads. (?) I didn’t know why, from Twitter. I finally googled Elon Musk and the reason is that Skum Noel removed the block button. Apparently, from what Rick wrote, the ability to block other Twits is critical to prevent high profile accounts from getting inundated with hate from trolls, bots, and like Skum. Jack Dorsey, the founder, tweeted approval of Skum’s move and suggested that the mute button would allay the emigrants’ concerns. I don’t know, all I know is that I downloaded the Threads app to follow my faves but couldn’t navigate it and deleted said app.

A similar flight occurred once before, I think when Skum first took over and it looked like Twitter was going to crash in flames. All that I follow, then including George Conway, quickly came back. I hope that that happens again.