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X is rolling out its controversial update to the block feature, allowing people to view your public posts even if you have blocked them. People have protested this change, arguing that they don’t want blocked users to see their posts for reasons of safety.

Blocked users still can’t follow the person who has blocked them, engage with their posts, or send direct messages to them.

An old version of X’s support page says blocked users couldn’t see a user’s following and followers lists. The company has now updated the page to remove that reference, and it now allows users to see the following and followers lists of the people who have blocked them.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Can’t you see public posts of anyone if you are not logged in?

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 10 points 3 weeks ago

I think you can't see anything recent, only posts a year or older until you log in.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Lots of non-answers but to clarify - yes but no comments.

Sometimes a login wall might block you but if you refresh a couple of times it should work.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sometimes. Occasionally the site requires you to log in.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But if the argument is blocked users should see your posts for safety reasons, then shouldn’t any anonymous non-logged-in user also not be able to see your posts?

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Twitter "privacy" has never really been a thing. Everything was public for the longest time. You never needed to be logged in in order to see posts.

With Musk's acquisition, there are some changes (that I personally haven't cared enough to nail down) that came down the pipe where logging in is required. This was an issue for a lot of people because Twitter has been a public forum for so long.

Then there's the ability to just make a new account.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago
> calling twitter X
[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is terrible for the remaining marginalized users on there. Blocking should become more strict not the other way around.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Why do marginalized users keep using that website at all?

[–] The__the@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

x is garbage

[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

So Twitter is one step closer to being like Lemmy

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Lemmy let's them respond to you even when blocked. Kind of funny to block someone for harassment and still see a comment removed pop up behind one of my comments a few hours later.

I find it fair in a way, I just wish it hid it from me completely since curiosity usually gets the best out of me. I've only had to block one person this whole time anyways, so it's really not the end of the world either.

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world -4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

In other news: X stops supporting commonly circumvented support of a non workable feature.

I have a SHOCKING idea. Don't post publicly if you don't want unwanted readers. I know I know really radical shit.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I agree, bunch of naive folks who can't stop.

[–] Skipcast@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Can they quote posts from people who have them blocked? If so I can see that being abused for "raiding" someone constantly

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And in other news, X still requires users to sign in to see almost anything.

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

And in other news it's trivial to have 100s of accounts.