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If someone is harassing you on Twitter, muting them doesn't stop them from interacting with your tweets. You don't see it anymore, but people looking at your tw
by detaro 5y ago
If someone is harassing you on Twitter, muting them doesn't stop them from interacting with your tweets. You don't see it anymore, but people looking at your tweets still do, so now people see things attached to your tweets you have no idea about.
Some also argue that its better someone is explicitly told "you can't interact with this person" vs them trying and it getting hidden silently and them having no idea they can't reach you that way, and thus suggest blocking over mute also for people who didn't attack you. (A "don't show this person unless they directly talk to me" would be nice to have instead)
- playpause 5y agoThis is something that took me years to grok about Twitter. Each tweet creates a forum that is solely moderated by the tweeter. Mod powers include blocking people (which removes all their replies from the forum and from any other forum you create in future, as well as blocks them from seeing your tweets), and locking the whole forum (making it read-only except for named people).
- xurukefi 5y agoBlocking somebody who is harassing you seems to be a very bad idea. You're actively telling them that they're blocked. They can create a new account to work around this. Muting is much more efficient because it does not give any feedback and thus does not provoke any further escalation.
- detaro 5y agoDepends on the situation. E.g. many probably rather know if lies are spread about them in the replies, even if it means dealing with new accounts popping up.