To be annoyed that Twitter never takes action on reported tweets?

I did get one blocked last week that called me a cunt.

That was a nice treat. But then another calling me a fucking cow was allowed to stand.

@TiredArse I will also add that censorship has only allowed this to fester. The rape of at least 1400 girls by Pakistani men in rotherham and the continued effort to not state this in the press or those who could have stopped it doing nothing much sooner, out of fear of being branded racist, has contributed to the current anger we are seeing now. I agree that undoubtedly some comments written are vile, and would be considered so by most people, but without asking why, it will only get worse.

@TiredArse

As it is now, people are getting arrested and questioned for just stating an opinion. I do believe its gone too far the wrong way. Establishing real threat from keyboard warriors is a challenge, however we have entered a stage where victimhood is used as control. People will always be dicks, I've had my fair share and in this instance, I delete and block.

Facebook is similar, though that seems to favour scammers, I don't use that at all, I only use X for complaining to places like BG or Tesco as it's easier to have an account on there than Facebook. I don't need to use X much thankfully. Probably best to only use both very minimally, if at all

Twitter is a cess-pit that allows the armchair warriors full rein to unleash their bile.😖

I deleted twitter when musk took it over, the defining moment that I had to get rid of it was when I reported someone who posted the most vile and despicable lies about Jamie Bulgers mum, and twitter said no rules had been broken, so the disgusting posts were allowed to remain.
It was either delete twitter or stamp on my phone in rage.

Absolutely agree. This is exactly whats happened in recent years, where a lot of voices have been silenced and now we have the consequences of that. Its built up pressure that will finally find a way out.

Otters with their fur & paws

Before I came off it, I was being served more and more racist/offensive shit that I was blocking like there was no tomorrow, never engaging with (except to block) and was so far away from the stuff I was seeking, such as dog behavioural videos etc.

This is the exact opposite of my experience. They're definitely engagement farming but the algorithm kinda works for me - I get more of the stuff I interact with and less of the stuff I block. I do have to be careful about how much I interact with inoffensive people I disagree with though.

Facebook the same.

I get a lot of otters.

What alogrithms are you on? @TiredArse Twitter keeps sending me cats & fessholes, yet to find the cesspit levels

Engage with posts you want to see more of and don’t engage with posts (including hate engagement) you don’t want to see.
It’s an algorithm, it’s not hard.

People who have been on the wrong side of twitter censorship - including women who were banned under previous twitter administrations for saying men were men - value Musk’s commitment to free speech.

Yes I know… that’s not what I was asking.

Do you want to know if people are abusive or do you want it hidden (on Twitter, FB, or real life)?

Facebook never takes action either, it's a cesspit of misogyny amongst other things.

@TiredArse Whats the problem?

I agree but start of this was Twitter blocking/deleting/etc. not about users deleting their accounts.

Bravo @Sparklybutold for speaking the absolute TRUTH.

You will get flamed for that on here. You can only have one view on MN or you are torn apart.
There is no real debate and no democracy.
People cannot say how they really feel, and MN is just one tiny part of a far bigger picture of course.
All my trips to China and those experiences are beginning to be reflected in life in the UK.
THANK YOU
👋👋👋

The thread going on right now about a poster who wants ammunition against her misogynistic brother is a great example… because he’s been allowed to say twatty things she now can decide if she wants to confront him, educate him, cut him off, etc. If she didn’t know he had those views he’d still have them, right?

Fair enough… and thanks for answering.

If someone said it in real life, say at work or school, would you just ignore?

I’d probably call them a knob and move on with my life knowing who they were. If they hadn’t said it out loud I’d never know what they really thought.

Here’s what I’m thinking… so you’ve got a group of friends having lunch. One of them says something racist. Would you rather know that’s how they felt or would you rather not know? Me I’d rather know and make an informed choice about spending time with them. The problem with not giving them a space to say stupid things, I’ll never know how they feel. Either way they’ll be racist.

Just stop using the platform. If enough people did that then something would have to change.