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Andrea Grimes ‏@andreagrimes · 7h7 hours ago
“oh it’s just opt-in!” and “oh it’s for customer service!” or whatever tells me that “oh! we are unable to imagine unintended consequences"
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  1. @andreagrimes I’m still uneasy about it, but those are the only accounts I can see “opting in” at this time.
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  2. @andreagrimes they must be hoping people applaud them for the opt out option. Mess
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  3. How you can be a developer at twitter and not wonder JUST A LIL if this shit is going to exacerbate users’ top complaints w/your platform?
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  4. Like, watch the backpedal coming: “Oh, we didn’t KNOW it would do this” “We never thought if it that way” “this was not our intention"
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  5. @andreagrimes You'd have to be completely out of touch with the user base and how the product is used.
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  6. @andreagrimes For owning a platform designed to circulate succinct ideas, they're quite oblivious to the repercussions of their actions
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  7. @andreagrimes You know, like most Silicon Valley software devs. :)
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  8. @andreagrimes The word "developer" is key to answering this question.
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  9. There is no actual way Twitter didn’t weigh the pro’s and con’s here and decide giving trolls a leg up was worth it
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  10. @andreagrimes "We didn't know this would happen because we don't have any women involved in making decisions for our team."
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  11. @andreagrimes Sadly, in programming, the focus is on making it work and not the CONSEQUENCES of making it work.
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  12. Of course they knew. They decided that people who get death and rape threats are less important than … whatever else this bullshit is for.
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  14. @andreagrimes @Auragasmic how is this giving anyone a leg up when it's opt in?
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  15. @andreagrimes They have investors to consider now. The bottom line will always come first 😒 @the_author_
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  16. And then it’s gonna be a whole thing when you don’t opt-in. “Oh I bet she doesn’t even read her Other Inbox” “What a bitch"
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  17. @Occupocalypse @andreagrimes Where there's a will there's a way. WE LEARNED THIS FROM JURASSIC PARK.
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  18. “Why won’t you opt-in, why are you trying to censor me”
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  19. I can hear the sad bros now
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