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Elon's Folly

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Twitter is now removing the block function next. It ought to bleed users like crazy.
- Wait, what?
  
  X/Twitter will soon be making more changes to the block button, with CEO Elon Musk confirming that all public posts will be viewable going forward, even to those who have been blocked
  
  I thought most stuff was viewable even without account. Doesn't seem like a big deal if you can view their post but not interact with it since I would've thought others interacting with you was what you wanted to block them from doing anyway.
  
  If you’re blocking users left and right that you know spread misinformation, you will still see their posts. No way you can keep track of the usernames in your head, and now you may hear a misinformation or two and assume it to be a fact.
  
  I think they are just changing it so the blocked user can still see the blocker's posts, not the other way around.
  
  Oh, that’s just normal then
  
  Wow, that was not made clear to me. Fortunately I've never needed to block anyone specifically from my profiles/content (it's the other way around, I don't want to see some other users stuff)
  But good to know if I had a stalker or something, blocking them doesn't mean they are blocked from my content, it means they're blocked from contact.
  I totally would have assumed blocking someone on various social media platform went both ways in terms of what's visible to each other.
  
  Isn't that how it works on most platforms though? You can see the account you've been blocked by, but can't interact with them.
  
  On reddit it stopped the blocked person from seeing your account and comments.
  Or it used to. Or I'm misremembering.
  
  Which is not even a big deal because blocked users could just create a separate account to view posts they're blocked from anyway.
- No they aren't. They are changing how it works, in a way that is mostly immaterial to the user. That is not even close to completely removing.
  
  Yep.
  From the sounds of it:
  Before: if you block somebody, they cannot see your stuff.
  After: if you block somebody, they can still visit your profile.
  Usually, when you block someone, they can no longer see your feed; instead, it's replaced with a message stating that they're blocked. Now, they can freely browse your feed; they're just not allowed to interact or comment on your posts.
  https://www.makeuseof.com/x-block-feature-poor-job-blocking-people/
  NGL Elon's excitement sounds like he was blocked by a lot of people and Daddy Musk will not have closed doors in this household! 😮‍💨
  
  Stalkers and abusers rejoice!
  Seriously, if you are on twitter and have had a relationship with someone like this do not post on your account or they will find you now.
  
  Your scenario doesn't exist. All you had to do to get around this was make a new profile.
  
  A small barrier is better than none
  
  To be fair though: While circumventing that was as easy as logging out, the inability to see things while logged in was kinda stupid and gave people a false perception of privacy. In that setting that change is just a case of being honest.
  With the ability to view posts without account largely removed, it’s a bit of a different story, but I have to admit that if it’s public on Xitter, it’s still kinda public, so hiding it still kinda missing the poin.
  
  No longer being able to hide your public posts from specific users seems hardly immaterial to me.

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