• freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    X/Twitter will soon be making more changes to the block button, with CEO Elon Musk confirming that all public posts will be viewable going forward, even to those who have been blocked

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      5 hours ago

      I thought most stuff was viewable even without account. Doesn’t seem like a big deal if you can view their post but not interact with it since I would’ve thought others interacting with you was what you wanted to block them from doing anyway.

      • SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip
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        58 minutes ago

        If you’re blocking users left and right that you know spread misinformation, you will still see their posts. No way you can keep track of the usernames in your head, and now you may hear a misinformation or two and assume it to be a fact.

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      5 hours ago

      Isn’t that how it works on most platforms though? You can see the account you’ve been blocked by, but can’t interact with them.

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        3 hours ago

        On reddit it stopped the blocked person from seeing your account and comments.
        Or it used to. Or I’m misremembering.

    • joenforcer@midwest.social
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      5 hours ago

      Which is not even a big deal because blocked users could just create a separate account to view posts they’re blocked from anyway.