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> If, for example, someone's mass tweeting at me via their followers (e.g. a blogger who dislikes me and posts my twitter handle), I'm going to be in a much better position if I turn off Twitter notifications for awhile than I would be if I let the notifications continue to show up on my phone.

Yes, when someone makes a death threat it's good if you stay away from the windows and hire bodyguards to check the car for bombs.

> there are two things at work here. Are you suggesting people shouldn't be allowed to spam someone else?

Denial of service attacks should carry some consequence.

> Or are you suggesting that people shouldn't be allowed to say harassing things to other people?

Depends on the severity and frequency of the harassment.




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