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- X is telling users that blocking will soon be useless and trolls and stalkers will soon be able to see their posts again.
- Instead of blocking, X advises that users take their account private, the antithesis to what X and its progenitor Twitter was about.
- This removal of blocking may violate Apple and Google’s policies regarding platforms that host user generated content.
Unpopular opinion but I don't see what is wrong with this? With the current policy, if your account is public people who you block will still be able to see your tweets by simply logout (e.g. by opening twitter in a private window, using a different browser where they are not logged in, etc. doesn't take any effort).
I think this is setting the wrong expectations.
The article addresses this point.
So technically it is possible for a logged out user to view your tweets but it's a lot more inconvenient. Anything you can do to make it not worth their while helps.
With this change they won't even have to put any effort anymore to stalk your content on X.
Ah I see! Thanks, I wasn't really aware of this change.