One of the most important tools for trust and safety efforts is the “block” feature, allowing a user to entirely block someone else from following them. Yes, on Twitter you can get around this by g…
Completely agreed. I rarely or never use block features on any of my platforms that provide one (please Spotify, give me the ability to block songs already), but it’s just obvious that there should be a tool for users to protect themselves from other users abusing the platform. Especially on a platform that responds to user requests with the poop emoji, you can’t rely on the platform alone to police such abuses. And even if it isn’t for abuses, everyone should be able to create their own bubble over the one that is already enforced by the platform.
Before I deleted Twitter, I had blocked numerous accounts. I mainly used it for Hockey related things, and the amount of harassment, bots, and spam that happens in hockey Twitter (probably sports Twitter as a whole) is astounding. Removing blocking will make Twitter far more unusable, or at least less tolerable.
Completely agreed. I rarely or never use block features on any of my platforms that provide one (please Spotify, give me the ability to block songs already), but it’s just obvious that there should be a tool for users to protect themselves from other users abusing the platform. Especially on a platform that responds to user requests with the poop emoji, you can’t rely on the platform alone to police such abuses. And even if it isn’t for abuses, everyone should be able to create their own bubble over the one that is already enforced by the platform.
Before I deleted Twitter, I had blocked numerous accounts. I mainly used it for Hockey related things, and the amount of harassment, bots, and spam that happens in hockey Twitter (probably sports Twitter as a whole) is astounding. Removing blocking will make Twitter far more unusable, or at least less tolerable.