having native blocklist support and the ability to detach quotes is such a huge deal, even if the actual platform trust & safety guy is not safe or trustworthy. tools to self-moderate matter a lot
Yeah, it's definitely not about the social media not having the tools.It's about them deliberately throwing them in the trash and lighting the trash on fire because the trolls give them so much more money!
Seriously. Whenever this conversation comes up, for as long as I can remember, social media and internet companies have always favored assholes, rich people, and rich assholes.
The thing about such nepo babies is that almost always fuck it up. What is most important is that we are there and ready to deal with them when they do.
A couple years ago I went blind with rage seeing this on the front page of YouTube directly after seeing inflammatory transphobic propaganda in their ads because evangelical and far right hate groups paid Google enough to put them up
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