Twitter how does blocking work

With this new policy, unless your account is protected, the blockee can still follow you, add you to lists, see your tweets in his timeline, etc. The blockee can see everything! Or, as BuzzFeed's John Herrman writes : "Blocking is no longer an assertive act that sends a clear 'I don't want to talk to you' message.

It's just a quiet button. I have people who have harassed and threatened me blocked. Did they really get rid of the block? The new Twitter block policy is like hearing men sexually harass women in the street and giving the women earplugs. Have yet to see a plausible explanation how the new block policy helps anyone but the people who were getting blocked.

Dear twitter The new block policy will allow users that make threats to perpetuate the behavior. Have you not studied their hive behavior?

Please listen. Not having block is an inconvenience for me, but a genuine danger for others. Trans women don't just get messages of hate; they are threatened daily. A useless block function puts their lives at risk, twitter. Personally, I think the new way Twitter handles blocks makes a lot more sense and will be more effective.

If Twitter is too much to handle, you can always delete your Twitter account and head for other social networks like Instagram instead. Ben Stockton is a freelance technology writer based in the United Kingdom. In a past life, Ben was a college lecturer in the UK, training teens and adults.

Since leaving the classroom, Ben has taken his teaching experience and applied it to writing tech how-to guides and tutorials, specialising in Linux, Windows, and Android. He has a degree in History and a postgraduate qualification in Computing. Read Ben's Full Bio. We hate spam too, unsubscribe at any time. Table of Contents.

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