- X is telling users that blocking will soon be useless and trolls and stalkers will soon be able to see their posts again.
- Instead of blocking, X advises that users take their account private, the antithesis to what X and its progenitor Twitter was about.
- This removal of blocking may violate Apple and Google’s policies regarding platforms that host user generated content.
So even after this update, the block feature on Twitter is still more effective than it is on Lemmy, yet nobody seems to be complaining about that.
People still using this platform get what they get. I could not care less.
Maybe... Leave that cesspool?
getting a lot of new followers on bsky all of a sudden 🤷♂️
Step 1 delete your X account.
Step 2 create a mastodon account
Mastodon also doesn't let you prevent people from reading your posts.
I can no longer see posts made on a Mastodon instance ran by an ableist piece of shit after I called her an ableist piece of shit, so even Mastodon has this feature.
Correct workflow
This is the first time I'm exploring this, but I think you're wrong.
On Mastodon you can:
So post visibility is not something you set per profile, but per post. But you have an effective tool to decide who you let in AND remove on the way.
That's a better way, I agree.
This was my first thought too, hah.
I do miss my traffic closer alerts, but that's all.
Right, but you’re smart enough to know it’s the right thing to do. Many aren’t , sadly.
He kinda looks like Lars Ulrich in that picture
Having an X account is in no way, shape, or form a necessity. Imagine thinking you need to participate in the toxic, mainstream socialsphere.
The only way to protect yourself from fomo and narcissism in life
I protected myself by deleting Twitter the day douche nozzle took over because I'm not a fucking moron.
Instead of blocking, X advises that users take their account private, the antithesis to what X and its progenitor Twitter was about.
so basically remove your voice from the public sphere, giving the platform fully to the trolls and bullies.
This will also majorly affect professionals who must use twitter publicly for their job. Reporters, artists, PR people, etc. - they have all had to block abusive users over the years, so I think this may finally push them away to other platforms.
Not to mention the change that makes it no longer possible to opt out of being used for AI training. A lot of artists are now jumping ship to blue sky.
That's the same way it works on the fediverse. You post something publicly and anyone can see it regardless of whether you block them or not.
Is that a problem? You could already just view their posts without an account, or create a burner account. Might be a hot take, but I think someone with a public account shouldn't expect to be able to hide it from specific people.
I don't think Twitter lets you view posts without being logged in anymore. Or at least, it'll show you old posts, only.
You may be right, seems like it only shows you posts by number of likes. But a burner account is nearly effortless to create anyways.
I mean, yes. But:
TL;DR: Set your account to "private"
No alternatives to ex-Twitter are mentioned. Lame.
There is nothing behind those eyes. Looks like an empty vessel with an over soaked ketamine brain.
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