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Re: Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts

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Post by teruakohatu »

steinuil wrote: post #85
nicexe wrote: post #46

I always thought this was a stupid restriction. You can't view the post while authenticated but you can view the post while unauthenticated.

To be fair, you can barely view any post while unauthenticated these days. Sometimes I click on a link to a tweet on my work laptop (where I'm not authenticated) and I get immediately assaulted by several pop-ups and cookie bars and redirected to the landing page when try to dismiss them.

I have given up trying to view content unauthenticated, I used to be able to close the popups but now I get redirected to a login when I do.

Re: Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts

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Post by TMWNN »

malikNF wrote: post #59
drivingmenuts wrote: post #49

It's starting to look like Xitter is asking itself "What would benefit users??" and then doing the exact opposite Or , they're trying to drive aways users. Or both. Elon has lost the thread.

What thread has Elon lost really? When Elon bought twitter there was a huge wave of people and the media telling us it was over in 6 months, when Elon fired staff they told us X would go down forever in a few months. Under Elon imo X has gotten a lot better, I see more content that relates to me and has since found myself using X more than all the other social media platforms combined. Blocking content makes no sense…

>What thread has Elon lost really? When Elon bought twitter there was a huge wave of people and the media telling us it was over in 6 months, when Elon fired staff they told us X would go down forever in a few months.

Indeed. According to the media and on Reddit, since Musk bought Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky and Threads have collectively gained 70 bazillion users on seventeen different occasions, and have caused Twitter to collapse and disappear eleven times.

Re: Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts

#133

Post by trompetenaccoun »

viraptor wrote: post #53
nicexe wrote: post #46

I always thought this was a stupid restriction. You can't view the post while authenticated but you can view the post while unauthenticated.

It provides friction for further misbehaving. Imagine you blocked someone who has serious issues with people who #foobar. It's better for you if they can't easily find you and repost your content to their community who also hate #foobar. It's not perfect, but the friction helps prevent drive-by bad behaviour.

It's the opposite. People with serious issues (i.e. stalkers, trolls etc.) will continue following on a second account or proxy. Meanwhile regular accounts with legitimate criticisms (for example pointing out misinformation, calling out bias, and so on) get blocked by bad actors and those will not find them anymore and repost because they don't invest time in it.

Blocking mainly prevents regular normal users from seeing tweets. Best example is Lex Fridman who's blocked a million people for no apparent reason. Say something he doesn't like: You're blocked. Never even interacted with him but commented on a topic he doesn't approve of: Blocked. You under-cook fish: Believe it or not, he blocks you.

Re: Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts

#134

Post by ihuman »

nicexe wrote: post #46

I always thought this was a stupid restriction. You can't view the post while authenticated but you can view the post while unauthenticated.

The old blocking also stopped your posts from appearing in their "for you" timeline. The new blocking doesn't.

Re: Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts

#135

Post by bragr »

trompetenaccoun wrote: post #133
viraptor wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It provides friction for further misbehaving. Imagine you blocked someone who has serious issues with people who #foobar. It's better for you if they can't easily find you and repost your content to their community who also hate #foobar. It's not perfect, but the friction helps prevent drive-by bad behaviour.

It's the opposite. People with serious issues (i.e. stalkers, trolls etc.) will continue following on a second account or proxy. Meanwhile regular accounts with legitimate criticisms (for example pointing out misinformation, calling out bias, and so on) get blocked by bad actors and those will not find them anymore and repost because they don't invest time in it. Blocking mainly prevents regular normal users from see…

Those are all issues as well, but brigading is absolutely a thing.

Re: Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts

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Post by trompetenaccoun »

JohnMakin wrote: post #26
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> also provides the blocking user the ability to block the new account. This isn’t very difficult to think through The harasser can view from their new accounts and respond on their main account. Unless someone is very tightly curating their follower list, at which point it doesn't make sense for them to be publicly tweeting, there would be no indication which account was responsible. The problem in harassment is the…

Again, then why the need for this feature if it is so easy to get around a block? A harasser can do many things, but removing a barrier for the person being harassed to mitigate it because… reasons feels very odd to me. Can you explain what this new feature provides legitimate users that doesn’t already exist?

There isn't a legitimate need for this feature, that's the point.

Re: Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts

#137

Post by heraldgeezer »

autoexec wrote: post #92

This is just one more example of Twitter going out of their way to work against the best interests of their users. As twitter continues to treat its userbase like a controlling/abusive spouse I hope more and more people realize that they deserve better and leave.

>This is just one more example of Twitter going out of their way to work against the best interests of their users.

Why does it matter?

If I block people in a Discord server THEY can still see what I type. Why does it matter? I have really come to understand that some Twitter users see Twitter as their own private garden somehow and do not realize that anyone can see your posts... So somehow it becomes uncomfortable when they are reminded of this fact.

Re: Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts

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Post by dangerwill »

My bet for the real reason for this is that it has been widely reported that Twitter artificially boosts Elon's account specifically. Many people noticed when they did this that his posts showed up in their feeds despite them not following his account. I bet this led to a massive wave of people blocking his account (it's as easy to block as it is to mute). And this population of users eventually got big enough for him to notice, and he wants his posts in everyone's feeds again.

Re: Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts

#139

Post by krisboyz781 »

malikNF wrote: post #59
drivingmenuts wrote: post #49

It's starting to look like Xitter is asking itself "What would benefit users??" and then doing the exact opposite Or , they're trying to drive aways users. Or both. Elon has lost the thread.

What thread has Elon lost really? When Elon bought twitter there was a huge wave of people and the media telling us it was over in 6 months, when Elon fired staff they told us X would go down forever in a few months. Under Elon imo X has gotten a lot better, I see more content that relates to me and has since found myself using X more than all the other social media platforms combined. Blocking content makes no sense…

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Re: Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts

#140

Post by yifanl »

heraldgeezer wrote: post #137
autoexec wrote: post #92

This is just one more example of Twitter going out of their way to work against the best interests of their users. As twitter continues to treat its userbase like a controlling/abusive spouse I hope more and more people realize that they deserve better and leave.

>This is just one more example of Twitter going out of their way to work against the best interests of their users. Why does it matter? If I block people in a Discord server THEY can still see what I type. Why does it matter? I have really come to understand that some Twitter users see Twitter as their own private garden somehow and do not realize that anyone can see your posts... So somehow it becomes uncomfortable…

Are you seriously asking why you shouldn't make users uncomfortable with your product?
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