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> It also eliminates the silly fiction that a block prevented stalkers from stalking their target. I would have made the opposite move, adding an option for pa
by orwin 2y ago
> It also eliminates the silly fiction that a block prevented stalkers from stalking their target.
I would have made the opposite move, adding an option for paying customers to be invisible to logged out users.
We will see how it goes, but unless you add a rule to prevent people to screenshot tweets from people who blocked them and sharing that picture to their followers, I don't see how the changes are more improvements than regression.
And to be honest, I'm not sure I really care about this change, the two person I know that were harassed on Twitter aren't using it anymore, so :/
Hopefully the platform improve thanks to this change :D
- dotnet00 2y agoTo me, this is an improvement. I don't care about the thing about preventing people from screenshot-ing tweets, since the barrier was so low it was happening often anyway. But, I've seen many cases of accounts being impersonated and used for scams, where the impersonated user only finds out after the damage has already been done. E.g. you sell commissions for something, impersonator makes an account, blocks you so you can't see him, then tricks potential customers into sending him money. You only piece things together weeks later when those customers start calling you out for running off with their money. Another variation involves someone commissioning something, then blocking when their order is ready as a way to harass the creator.
- orwin 2y agoOk, i see. It isn't an issue here, i don't think i've ever saw twitter used for real businesses beside crypto and "coaching".