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Block makes sense. He knows it makes no sense to remove it. Block has existed on the internet long enough to assume this is completely malicious intent.
Like I flatout refuse to assume he removed a feature used literally everywhere else without ulterior motive. This is just to allow for bad actors to continue to voice themselves without any prevention tools.
Why isn't the mute function enough?
I actually never understood why the block function existed, it clearly told the account you blocked that you have blocked them, prompting them to create an alt.
Mute is like shadowban, you won't ever see them and they believe that you can see them.
Doesn’t mute allow them to see your posts still?
Why does that matter at all?
Because maybe you don’t want someone to see your posts on their feed?
Then don't put it up on the internet
Because maybe victims don't want their harassers seeing or interacting with their tweets at all????????????
Why does it matter if a harasser sees your tweets? How can they interact with the tweets when muted?
By replying, quoting and retweeting. However, if they're blocked, they can't do that without putting extra effort (such as making an alt account).
Are you being serious or are you really just that obtuse? It's so damn painfully obvious you've never been seriously harassed on social media.