[inteoryx]

I think if you could genuinely identify offensive tweets then you could hide them from people who prefer that. It would make the user experience more pleasant. Few people want to be offended!

An ideal may be a customized algorithm per user. What offends me may not offend you. Of course, a trade off of that would be a growing filter-bubble...

[syoc]

I think the world would be a better place if people were more open to being offended.

[inteoryx]

I think it depends on how you mean that. One way to imagine the phrase is to think about people with cloistered views in politics, religion, social views, etc. These people could get "offended" by being exposed to more cosmopolitan views but ultimately evolve to be better people by the experience - either by coming to better understand their own positions or by updating their beliefs to reflect things they have learned.

Another way to be offended though is just for jerks to say horrible things to you. Maybe that could be beneficial in terms of developing tougher skin or something, but it seems like that should at least be an optional thing. You might get tougher skin if I rubbed you with sandpaper for twenty minutes a day - but I should probably get your permission first.

[oogabooga123]

> One way to imagine the phrase is to think about people with cloistered views in politics, religion, social views, etc. These people could get "offended" by being exposed to more cosmopolitan views but ultimately evolve to be better people by the experience

Not disagreeing with your main point but in my experience it is usually the opposite, people with “cosmopolitan” views being offended by “cloistered” takes, but eventually growing as individuals and coming to understand why they think what they do