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

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Post by slg »

beaglesss wrote: post #429
slg wrote: post #424

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This just feels like a statement made without empathy for why people might seek a restraining order (side note: I hate that empathize/emphasize auto correct in my first comment, but it is too late to edit it). If they truly did more harm than good from the perspective of the people seeking the restraining order, people obviously wouldn’t pursue them. So your opinion seems to be from the perspective of the target of t…

The people seeking the restraining order are victims as well, sold a lie by the justice system and lawyers. Almost anything bad a restraining order seeker is trying to prevent is already illegal. Meanwhile loads of innocent people have their civil rights stripped such as right to bear arms without even a jury trial, and often after same order evicts them from their own house.

I don’t really know how to respond to this beyond saying that I think you proved my initial point.

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

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Post by matsemann »

sph wrote: post #334
renewiltord wrote: post #326

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Bluesky is fortunately a honeypot where crazy people all flocked to so that they could post predictions on when Twitter would collapse (highest option: 2 weeks). I think the most effective tool on bluesky is being on bluesky so no one can read what one says because you’re constantly blocking each other even though everyone’s got the same views.

Bluesky is the weirdest echo chamber of white liberal queer Americans, it feels like entering a museum or a theme park where everyone is the same, posts the same things, and agrees with each other to demonise the same things. With Twitter being the cesspool of humanity—but with a ton of variety and opinions—I don't know which is worse, so I use neither.

I disagree. Not getting abused and drowned in hate is not the same as an echo chamber.

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

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Post by sph »

matsemann wrote: post #432
sph wrote: post #334

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bluesky is the weirdest echo chamber of white liberal queer Americans, it feels like entering a museum or a theme park where everyone is the same, posts the same things, and agrees with each other to demonise the same things. With Twitter being the cesspool of humanity—but with a ton of variety and opinions—I don't know which is worse, so I use neither.

I disagree. Not getting abused and drowned in hate is not the same as an echo chamber.

An echo chamber can be pleasant and welcoming.

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

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Post by beaglesss »

slg wrote: post #431
beaglesss wrote: post #429

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The people seeking the restraining order are victims as well, sold a lie by the justice system and lawyers. Almost anything bad a restraining order seeker is trying to prevent is already illegal. Meanwhile loads of innocent people have their civil rights stripped such as right to bear arms without even a jury trial, and often after same order evicts them from their own house.

I don’t really know how to respond to this beyond saying that I think you proved my initial point.

Not really, your premise isn't always accurate.

Prosecutors will sometimes force such order agreement to drop or plead charges, even when the 'victim' believes the perp is innocent and wants to be with them. There are also all the de facto orders via cps 'safety plans' that separate parents under threat of taking the children. In many case no one wants that but the often wrong cps official.

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

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Post by isodev »

franciscop wrote: post #409
isodev wrote: post #395

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Why? For me it's the opposite. "Public" is a label for a specific type of audience - everyone with access to my feed/timeline (as opposed to a subset like friends, followers etc). If I block someone, they no longer have access to my timeline.

In twitter "public" is not a label for a specific type of audience, it's the name of common use of a work being public/generally shared with the world. The feed/timeline you are referring sounds awfully similar to Facebook/Instagram/etc which are notorious for being walled gardens where what you say it's true.

I wasn't thinking of Meta's products, just how social networks are supposed to work. Leon trying to tweak things is just not acceptable (not to mention dangerous... blocking is there for a reason).

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

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Post by throwaway290 »

enaaem wrote: post #419
throwaway290 wrote: post #305

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> X Formerly Known As Twitter Xitter for short. > I would intend that people I had blocked are still able to see the message (and make copies of it) if they wish; I would block them because I don't want to see their messages and I do not want to allow them to send messages to me I don't. There are different reasons to block and musk only sees the political one. On personal level I may want to have a public account fo…

It’s simple. Don’t post anything personal on X. There are better platforms for that.

True but it's not always about personal stuff. Like if you start a new creative thing and don't want some particular friends (or whoever) to know about it.

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

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Post by bawolff »

Mashimo wrote: post #324
zzo38computer wrote: post #278

I do not use The X Formerly Known As Twitter, but if I write a message that is intended to be public (regardless of what service it is on), I would intend that people I had blocked are still able to see the message (and make copies of it) if they wish; I would block them because I don't want to see their messages and I do not want to allow them to send messages to me. I would also not want the number of users who blo…

Reddit does it similar. When someone blocks you, you can't see their comments. You can't even respond to other people who wrote on your threads. For example if you would block someone, they could not reply on this/my post here, because it's based on yours. Helps things from escalating I guess.

> Helps things from escalating I guess.

I imagine its to stop someone from stalking the list of recent comments the person made, and immediately reply to every one.

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

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Post by deafpolygon »

kristiandupont wrote: post #318
deafpolygon wrote: post #308

For those who say it (doesn't) make(s) sense; in either case, bear in mind that if you log out or use a different account - you can see those Twitter posts anyways.

All I see is a login screen?

Depends on region know or how it’s linked. Having another account works regardless.

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

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Post by matsemann »

sph wrote: post #433
matsemann wrote: post #432

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I disagree. Not getting abused and drowned in hate is not the same as an echo chamber.

An echo chamber can be pleasant and welcoming.

But you use it with a negative connotation, and trying to portray it as just as bad as enduring constant abuse.

I don't want to be abused. I just want to discuss my hobbies in peace without alt-right people showing up and telling me to kill myself.

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

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Post by xzjis »

brianmurphy wrote: post #328
dangerwill wrote: post #138

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 hi…

Elon is not getting an artificial boost. The people reporting about Elon's posts being artificially boosted either don't know how X's features work or they are engagement-farming for clicks. X has two user feeds controlled by tabs at the top of the screen. The "For You" feed is the algorithm recommending high engagement posts to you. This is mostly accounts you follow but it's also highly interacted with posts. Love…

That's false, Elon Musk is a "topic of interest" on Twitter, and he is added by default to all Twitter accounts. To remove the tweets boosted by Elon Musk's algorithm, I had to click "Not interested" and then "Not interested in the topic Elon Musk," knowing that the other topics are all much more general (politics, technology, sports, news, entertainment...).
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