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Old Crow

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37. This is a colossally stupid move on Musk's part.
Fri Aug 18, 2023, 04:22 PM
Aug 2023

Also, as a former copyeditor, I have to comment on the usage error in the post's title. I've never heard of a "death nail" -- seems to be a conflation of two separate expressions, namely "death knell" (the tolling of a bell to mark someone's death or, more loosely, an omen of imminent doom) and "nail in the coffin" (something that indicates that something will fail).

Suggested titles (if I were copyediting it): "End of block feature is one more nail in Twitter's coffin" or "Twitter's death knell: The end of the block feature."

Bottom line--Musk IS a NAZI. NO promotion, no enabling, no overt defense of such hate could signal hlthe2b Aug 2023 #1
Nazi Twitter Roy Rolling Aug 2023 #24
I don't think Musk has an ideology beyond money. yardwork Aug 2023 #56
He grew up in Apartheid South Africa--and like many privileged white S. Africans carries that racism hlthe2b Aug 2023 #58
This is what I think too edisdead Aug 2023 #62
I doubt he put his own money up. yardwork Aug 2023 #64
You are probably right edisdead Aug 2023 #66
He is every bit as evil... TSExile Aug 2023 #68
My God................. Lovie777 Aug 2023 #2
Thats all I do there anymore. mahina Aug 2023 #3
Check Y tube mgardener Aug 2023 #47
This is like the 27th death nail Sympthsical Aug 2023 #4
Narcissist billionaires....??? AKwannabe Aug 2023 #5
Don't think so Nasruddin Aug 2023 #25
Blocking is the one thing that makes the site useful. spooky3 Aug 2023 #6
Obviously removing the block feature totally sucks, but I'm confused why it's specifically related Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2023 #7
I think it may have to do with the anti-Semitism that they spew out loud for everyone Maraya1969 Aug 2023 #9
It's not the Holocaust Museum. It's the Auschwitz Memorial, 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2023 #14
Sorry, brain fart ... Auschwitz Memorial Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2023 #33
I think it is because people block Musk himself and it drives him crazy. prodigitalson Aug 2023 #38
That wouldn't surprise me at all. ShazzieB Aug 2023 #39
We should all go over to Musk's site and bombard him with cruel comments. Maraya1969 Aug 2023 #8
He'll make an exception for himself! 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2023 #10
He'll just lock your account EleanorR Aug 2023 #12
Good. It needs to die. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #11
Threads is a decent alternative liberalmediaaddict Aug 2023 #13
It is in beta right now obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #15
I really like Spoutible Bettie Aug 2023 #48
Given how intent Elmo is on killing it SledDriver Aug 2023 #16
He doesn't need to go to this much trouble to kill it. ShazzieB Aug 2023 #40
I left soon after WhiteTara Aug 2023 #17
as somebody pointed out, somebody must have showed him how many people have him blocked anarch Aug 2023 #18
i do ZonkerHarris Aug 2023 #20
This is what I've been wondering. I blocked Eloon long before he bought Twitter. n/t area51 Aug 2023 #65
Say good bye to advertisers ZonkerHarris Aug 2023 #19
Disgusting. Elong Musk is a NAZI--Deplatform Twitter X Recycle_Guru Aug 2023 #21
FYI, it's death knell. Prairie_Seagull Aug 2023 #22
"death knell" for the company Kali Aug 2023 #42
I hope so and I sincerely hope that Smith is investigating Musk on the subpoena Bev54 Aug 2023 #23
I hated Twitter even before Muck. honest.abe Aug 2023 #26
I left Twitter before the sale to Musk was finalized. I haven't missed it. chia Aug 2023 #27
I think I left the day after - when my feed was bombarded by deplorables Iris Aug 2023 #41
I've been on Mastodon since The Nazis were allowed back on sellitman Aug 2023 #28
My god, is he trying to fail? PatSeg Aug 2023 #29
He is almost as brilliant as donnie. sheshe2 Aug 2023 #53
Seriously PatSeg Aug 2023 #60
Welcome to Elon's smoldering shit heap BlueIdaho Aug 2023 #30
Smoldering shit heep, haha Prairie_Seagull Aug 2023 #49
Oh wow! BlueIdaho Aug 2023 #51
Foreign bots spreading misinformation, chaos, glomming onto accounts can now wreak havoc, free of ImNotGod Aug 2023 #31
So, it's 'Truth Social' now? SergeStorms Aug 2023 #32
Yeah. As that one tweet asks: "what could possibly go wrong?" calimary Aug 2023 #34
He can't get legit advertising he need the spam LostinRed Aug 2023 #35
One can only hope you're right. Scrivener7 Aug 2023 #36
This is a colossally stupid move on Musk's part. Old Crow Aug 2023 #37
Yup, I'm Done WiVoter Aug 2023 #43
These 'free speech' morons aren't concerned about the ability to speak freely ToxMarz Aug 2023 #44
freedom is MAJones Aug 2023 #45
The block feature is required by app store guidelines by Google and Apple. littlemissmartypants Aug 2023 #46
"I'm pissed that this company cost me $44 billion, so I've decided to turn it struggle4progress Aug 2023 #50
He's already deleted that Xeet Arazi Aug 2023 #52
We should call it naXi Nictuku Aug 2023 #54
Block is like 'NO'. Men like Musk don't accept "NO" when they want to force CousinIT Aug 2023 #55
For several days canetoad Aug 2023 #57
Twitter is an addiction. It will be around for many more years. 617Blue Aug 2023 #59
Mixed metaphors..... brooklynite Aug 2023 #61
Clearly he's trying to kill it and silence the voice of reason. live love laugh Aug 2023 #63
Musk is TFG RANDYWILDMAN Aug 2023 #67
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