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You seem to be under the impression that there is a single, objective, universally agreed upon and understood definition of "public" in the context of social me
by krapp 2y ago
You seem to be under the impression that there is a single, objective, universally agreed upon and understood definition of "public" in the context of social media platforms, as well as for "blocking," which all platforms have hitherto implemented and enforced in the same manner, with the same expectations and behaviors. This is not in fact the case, even if you put it in all caps. What "public" and "blocking" mean are implementation and terms of service dependent, they aren't legally binding terms of art.
- fwn 2y agoWhile I personally think there is a universally agreed upon idea of public access (as in non-exclusive), I was thinking about how other platforms handle it, and Facebook, AFAIK, seemed to have moved to the "everyone" category at some point. Not sure about other platforms. With "everyone", you could also think of it as everyone [on the platform], which would be a subset of "public".