X is rolling out its controversial update to the block feature, allowing people to view your public posts even if you have blocked them.

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.

  • jaybone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    23 days ago

    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.worldEnglish
      71·
      23 days ago

      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.

      • John Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
        117·
        23 days ago

        Democrats are still always posting on X, and then users are forced to sign up for X to see their post, and then users are radicalized by the nonstop bots and AI feed manipulation going on by Musk… Pretty soon there will be no Democrats left.