>>>Well, may be there is a bunch of people who do care. Do they all have to grow thicker skin?
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>>Yes. People here have the right to tune out other people. I think it's foolish, but they have that right. If you want to take away that right, I think you'll have to come up with something a lot more convincing than you have so far.
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>>When my phone rings, and I see on the display who it is, I have a choice to answer or not answer. Would you take away that right also, and have the phone company abolish 'call display' because it might hurt your feelings some day?
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>These are different things.
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>Basically here is a logical choice - do we want to have people hurt in UT or we prefer to live by the attitude that we're not caring about the other people problems/reactions.
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>In my opinion, we should not have given this opportunity in the first place. Since it potentially can lead to a harm, there should not be such an option.
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>I'm a bit tired right now (full day of work), so these are the quick arguments I can come up for.

Ok then, how about this. We abolish the twit filter. Then the people (whoever they are) simply ignore you entirely because they can't twit you. You post, they ignore you. You email them, they ignore you. Would that make you feel better, or does Michel then have to make it a banishing offence to not talk to somebody?