Twitter/X's short-sighted block function update is almost here
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- Oct 16, 2024
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To further clarify the policy today, X’s official engineering account added, “Today, block can be used by users to share and hide harmful or private information about those they’ve blocked. Users will be able to see if such behavior occurs with this update, allowing for greater transparency.”
In the rare occasion that someone blocks someone else just to gossip about them, sure—this may be helpful for the gossip-ee. (Although this writer isn’t sure if seeing negative things written about you and not being able to do anything about them is necessarily better than not seeing them at all.) In cases where block was being used to prevent harassment, stalking, and other dangerous and illegal behaviors, this isn’t great news. Yes, you can still obscure your tweets by going totally private, but some people—celebrities, journalists, influencers etc.—still need the platform for their livelihood. Hiding isn’t always so easy, especially when we already had a perfectly good solution.
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