Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

#1

Post by loriverkutya » Sat, Aug 19, 2023, 7:22 AM UTC

Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature
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Re: Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

#2

Post by tansan » Sat, Aug 19, 2023, 7:53 AM UTC

It's really easy to get around the block, so I would have to agree that it is not that useful of a feature.

Re: Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

#3

Post by sureglymop » Sat, Aug 19, 2023, 8:01 AM UTC

tansan wrote: post #2

It's really easy to get around the block, so I would have to agree that it is not that useful of a feature.

Is that really their priority though? The platform seems to be just a sandbox for one guy at this point. I guess if one is into that...

Re: Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

#4

Post by klntsky » Sat, Aug 19, 2023, 10:05 AM UTC

Blocking is useless if your profile is not private.

Re: Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

#5

Post by tibbydudeza » Sat, Aug 19, 2023, 10:07 AM UTC

sureglymop wrote: post #3

tansan wrote: post #2

It's really easy to get around the block, so I would have to agree that it is not that useful of a feature.

Is that really their priority though? The platform seems to be just a sandbox for one guy at this point. I guess if one is into that...

Some have a fetish for online abuse at this point - giving and receiving it by arguing online as a sort of validation of their world views.

Re: Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

#6

Post by tansan » Sat, Aug 19, 2023, 11:14 AM UTC

sureglymop wrote: post #3

tansan wrote: post #2

It's really easy to get around the block, so I would have to agree that it is not that useful of a feature.

Is that really their priority though? The platform seems to be just a sandbox for one guy at this point. I guess if one is into that...

> The platform seems to be just a sandbox for one guy at this point.

Even if that may be true, it seems X has been doing well lately. Admittedly, my timeline has been sharing a lot more interesting items than I had previously received.

Re: Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

#7

Post by s09dfhks » Sat, Aug 19, 2023, 1:18 PM UTC

Others have mentioned, it is in the terms of the apple App Store and google play store that to have your social media app listed, it must support blocking(1)

[1] https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#use...

Re: Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

#8

Post by dominojab » Sat, Aug 19, 2023, 1:18 PM UTC

tansan wrote: post #6

sureglymop wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that really their priority though? The platform seems to be just a sandbox for one guy at this point. I guess if one is into that...

> The platform seems to be just a sandbox for one guy at this point. Even if that may be true, it seems X has been doing well lately. Admittedly, my timeline has been sharing a lot more interesting items than I had previously received.

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Re: Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

#9

Post by ChrisArchitect » Sat, Aug 19, 2023, 1:44 PM UTC

[dupe]

Re: Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

#10

Post by ChrisArchitect » Sat, Aug 19, 2023, 1:46 PM UTC

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #9

[dupe]

More discussion from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37177439