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Elon's Folly (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No they aren't. They are changing how it works, in a way that is mostly immaterial to the user. That is not even close to completely removing.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yep.

From the sounds of it:

Before: if you block somebody, they cannot see your stuff.

After: if you block somebody, they can still visit your profile.

Usually, when you block someone, they can no longer see your feed; instead, it's replaced with a message stating that they're blocked. Now, they can freely browse your feed; they're just not allowed to interact or comment on your posts.

https://www.makeuseof.com/x-block-feature-poor-job-blocking-people/

NGL Elon's excitement sounds like he was blocked by a lot of people and Daddy Musk will not have closed doors in this household! 😮‍💨

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Stalkers and abusers rejoice!

Seriously, if you are on twitter and have had a relationship with someone like this do not post on your account or they will find you now.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Your scenario doesn't exist. All you had to do to get around this was make a new profile.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

A small barrier is better than none

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

To be fair though: While circumventing that was as easy as logging out, the inability to see things while logged in was kinda stupid and gave people a false perception of privacy. In that setting that change is just a case of being honest.

With the ability to view posts without account largely removed, it’s a bit of a different story, but I have to admit that if it’s public on Xitter, it’s still kinda public, so hiding it still kinda missing the poin.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

No longer being able to hide your public posts from specific users seems hardly immaterial to me.