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> X Formerly Known As Twitter Xitter for short. > I would intend that people I had blocked are still able to see the message (and make copies of it) if they w
by throwaway290 2y ago
> X Formerly Known As Twitter
Xitter for short.
> I would intend that people I had blocked are still able to see the message (and make copies of it) if they wish; I would block them because I don't want to see their messages and I do not want to allow them to send messages to me
I don't. There are different reasons to block and musk only sees the political one. On personal level I may want to have a public account for something but also don't want some person I know to see it and connect the dots that it is me. Maybe just because it's awkward or maybe be more than that
Imagine you are in an abusive relationship or just have a stalker. If you are the victim you want to escape and built relationships with other people. You create an alt with another name and block your abuser in advance so there is no way of finding out whose account it is unless you are betrayed by a friend. But now twitter will betray you. Unless you go private account and then no one talks to you.
- ipaddr 2y agoThey could use another account or no account. Remember your posts are public. If you are trying to hide from an ex or stalker posting your thoughts publicly will expose you by default. Trying to change names but keep a public friend list of contacts known to ex (and maybe stalker) is not going to turn out well.
- throwaway290 2y ago> They could use another account or no account It's true they could also create an alt, it's a weapons race > but keep a public friend list of contacts known to ex Well in my case I add almost no one from the other life, very selective. But me is not about abuse or anything, just trying a new thing. If I could not block certain people fully I would not use that platform for this. I agree blocking can also be used in unseemly ways though
- pxtail 2y agoAnd now imagine that you are small city governor or fire department, person who manages profile blocked certain individuals because of inappropriate messages, spam, whatever - now potentially important local news cannot be delivered to that person. Yeah, I know, I know public institutions shouldn't use and empower private platforms but this is reality we live in.
- scottmf 2y agoIsn’t that illegal, for elected representatives?
- throwaway290 2y agoIf proprietary platform like twitter being official channel for government is a dream of Musk he should give official accounts special status where blocking is disabled both ways but we know he'll never do that
- gordian-mind 2y agoWhy would he never do something like that if it's a dream of his?
- throwaway290 2y agoFree speech maximalism and anti establishment stuff against Twitter as official channel generating loads of money
- davedx 2y ago> On personal level I may want to have a public account for something but also don't want some person I know to see it and connect the dots that it is me. Blocking them isn't going to help right? They might see they're blocked and wonder why and log out to see the posts. This doesn't make sense to me...
- throwaway290 2y agoIf they don't see the tweets they will almost totally never discover the account to even know they are blocked
- enaaem 2y agoIt’s simple. Don’t post anything personal on X. There are better platforms for that.
- throwaway290 2y agoTrue but it's not always about personal stuff. Like if you start a new creative thing and don't want some particular friends (or whoever) to know about it.