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> The problem is when B comes across a A post and reposts it to B’s followers with a call to action to harass A. Realistically, there is no way to prevent thi

> The problem is when B comes across a A post and reposts it to B’s followers with a call to action to harass A. Realistically, there is no way to prevent this. Even if you prevent B from interacting with A via the platform itself, they can always just take a screenshot and post that. Or copy-paste the text. Or numerous other ways.

TaylorAlexander 3y ago
On twitter if a profile is locked (cannot be viewed publicly and followers must be approved) it’s very difficult for a blocked user to ever see a post. Even for a public profile if someone is blocked they can’t use the normal QT option and they can’t reply, which creates much more friction for follow on abuse.
- capableweb 3y ago
  > On twitter if a profile is locked (cannot be viewed publicly and followers must be approved) it’s very difficult for a blocked user to ever see a post. It's really not. Incognito window usually work, or something like nitter. Not to mention all the various archives of public tweets. > Even for a public profile if someone is blocked they can’t use the normal QT option and they can’t reply, which creates much more friction for follow on abuse. Yes, more friction, but if someone really wants to, instead of quoting, they just take a screenshot of the tweet and posts that instead.
  - sodality2 3y ago
    > Incognito window usually work, or something like nitter They won't if the profile is locked. It means you have to be logged in to check you aren't on their blocklist (or maybe even it's equivalent to account being private - I'm not up to date on Twitter).
    - nmeofthestate 3y ago
      Hence "usually" - the vast majority of accounts aren't private
  - TaylorAlexander 3y ago
    > Incognito window usually work, or something like nitter. This does not work for locked profiles, which cannot be viewed unless logged in.
tshaddox 3y ago
I always thought it was funny that you can run a cross a tweet that’s hidden to you because the author blocked you, but that tweet is of course visible when you’re logged out.
mattigames 3y ago
Realistically 99% of the harassment is stopped by such feature, humans are foul and lazy creatures, most harassment happens because it's really easy to do it, when you create such bumps it stops most of it, if you want to stop it 100% that's another discussion worth having but by no means a good argument against such blocking.

TaylorAlexander 3y ago

On twitter if a profile is locked (cannot be viewed publicly and followers must be approved) it’s very difficult for a blocked user to ever see a post. Even for a public profile if someone is blocked they can’t use the normal QT option and they can’t reply, which creates much more friction for follow on abuse.

capableweb 3y ago
> On twitter if a profile is locked (cannot be viewed publicly and followers must be approved) it’s very difficult for a blocked user to ever see a post. It's really not. Incognito window usually work, or something like nitter. Not to mention all the various archives of public tweets. > Even for a public profile if someone is blocked they can’t use the normal QT option and they can’t reply, which creates much more friction for follow on abuse. Yes, more friction, but if someone really wants to, instead of quoting, they just take a screenshot of the tweet and posts that instead.
- sodality2 3y ago
  > Incognito window usually work, or something like nitter They won't if the profile is locked. It means you have to be logged in to check you aren't on their blocklist (or maybe even it's equivalent to account being private - I'm not up to date on Twitter).
  - nmeofthestate 3y ago
    Hence "usually" - the vast majority of accounts aren't private
- TaylorAlexander 3y ago
  > Incognito window usually work, or something like nitter. This does not work for locked profiles, which cannot be viewed unless logged in.

tshaddox 3y ago

I always thought it was funny that you can run a cross a tweet that’s hidden to you because the author blocked you, but that tweet is of course visible when you’re logged out.

mattigames 3y ago

Realistically 99% of the harassment is stopped by such feature, humans are foul and lazy creatures, most harassment happens because it's really easy to do it, when you create such bumps it stops most of it, if you want to stop it 100% that's another discussion worth having but by no means a good argument against such blocking.