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X users will need to make their account private if they want to remain safe from trolls and stalkers.

A notice from X (formerly Twitter) stating: 'Block is changing soon. If your posts are set to public, accounts you have blocked will be able to view them, but they will not be able to engage. For more control over who can see your posts, you can still protect your account.' There is an 'OK' button at the bottom of the notice.

  • 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.
  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    16·
    13 days ago

    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.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
      33·
      13 days ago

      Yeah but this is musk and we hate him so this is obviously a very bad terrible idea and omg how can anyone still be on Twitter after this…but don’t mind that I’m posting this on a site where the block does even less.