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throttle (v.): (1) to compress the throat of; choke (2) to kill by such action

What about using "block" and "spam" reporting? Are enough people using these features?

We've gotten off track. I was referring to my interactions with people IRL and the joke about "throttling" was just playing of the parent comment. I'm not actually considering violence, just sick of people telling me "it's no big deal" when for me, it's a VERY big deal.

IRL makes sense. My [clearly wrong] assumption was that we're referring to online discussions.

Understandably, as you are in a risky position. But that doesn't mean everybody else is to. Nor does it mean that panic will do any good.

I think relying on the good will of the masses as volunteers is like bringing a knife to a gun-fight. The opposing side does disinformation for profit[1] and has a budget for it.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22526530

So how can someone do that on a platform such as Twitter?

Edit: I did expect a serious response to this from someone that might know more about effectively delivering feedback to the algorithms that display this content. Frankly, it seems like the nonchalant responses(to say the least) are contributors to why this misinformation continues to proliferate.

It's not actually meant literally.

BTW, some internet lore:

"The social dynamics of the net are a direct consequence of the fact that nobody has yet developed a Remote Strangulation Protocol." -- Larry Wall

(Fictional) counterpoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnNSnJbjdws&t=86

hyperbole: noun

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

You can unfollow people or smash their devices with an axe[1], or anything in between. It's up to your imagination.

[1]: https://www.orneryboy.com/comic?sort=29

My interactions have been in person. Even friends and family who know I have a compromised immune system seem to "forget in the moment". It's baffling.

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