Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature • Hacker News Board

Re: Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

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Post by cubefox » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 5:38 AM UTC

s09dfhks wrote: post #7

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...

This is false. See:

> To prevent abuse, apps with user-generated content or social networking services must include:

> A method for filtering objectionable material from being posted to the app

Filtering is exactly what muting does, which will still be allowed.

Re: Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

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Post by cubefox » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 5:48 AM UTC

appplication wrote: post #12

tansan wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

I respect your opinion and personal experience because it’s certainly unique, but I don’t there is consensus that modern twitter/x is doing well lately. If anything, the general mood I pick up seems to be that it’s flailing unpredictably. I say this as someone who had never used twitter, purely based on what I hear from people in non-twitter spaces, talking about twitter. It is possible I am subject to sampling bias:…

The main improvements for me since Musk took over:

- No more unjustified blocking of accounts by activist moderators, as far as I can tell.

- The new "following" timeline now shows all and only the (re)tweets from people you follow. No "recommended" or "liked" tweets interspersed like before.

The main thing that got worse:

- For accounts with many followers, it shows not the most relevant (liked etc) replies on top, but the replies of random people who bought Twitter Blue. I mean X Premium.

Overall I would say it's significantly better in my opinion.

Re: Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

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Post by strangecasts » Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 11:05 AM UTC

thrdbndndn wrote: post #20

strangecasts wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the time of writing, Twitter does not allow viewing profiles unless logged in

I can. It only shows the account "top" tweets instead of newest, but I can.

Huh! I tested it in a Windows Sandbox yesterday and got kicked to the login prompt immediately, but testing it today shows the "top" tweets - weird