The only way to protect yourself from trolls and stalkers on X.

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A notice from X (formerly Twitter) stating: 'Block is changing soon. If your posts are set to public, accounts you have blocked will be able to view them, but they will not be able to engage. For more control over who can see your posts, you can still protect your account.' There is an 'OK' button at the bottom of the notice.

  • 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 Googleโ€™s policies regarding platforms that host user generated content.
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Step 1 delete your X account.

This was my first thought too, hah.

I do miss my traffic closer alerts, but that's all.

Right, but youโ€™re smart enough to know itโ€™s the right thing to do. Many arenโ€™t , sadly.

Having an X account is in no way, shape, or form a necessity. Imagine thinking you need to participate in the toxic, mainstream socialsphere.

I protected myself by deleting Twitter the day douche nozzle took over because I'm not a fucking moron.

Instead of blocking, X advises that users take their account private, the antithesis to what X and its progenitor Twitter was about.

so basically remove your voice from the public sphere, giving the platform fully to the trolls and bullies.

This will also majorly affect professionals who must use twitter publicly for their job. Reporters, artists, PR people, etc. - they have all had to block abusive users over the years, so I think this may finally push them away to other platforms.

Not to mention the change that makes it no longer possible to opt out of being used for AI training. A lot of artists are now jumping ship to blue sky.

This will also majorly affect professionals who must use twitter publicly for their job. Reporters, artists, PR people, etc.

You either gonna regime whore or you ain't got a job... Telling you when they killed tupac and biggie that was about the beginning of the end and now we here๐Ÿคก

Get an OF account ?

That's the same way it works on the fediverse. You post something publicly and anyone can see it regardless of whether you block them or not.

There is nothing behind those eyes. Looks like an empty vessel carrying an over stuffed body and an over soaked ketamine brain.

Is that a problem? You could already just view their posts without an account, or create a burner account. Might be a hot take, but I think someone with a public account shouldn't expect to be able to hide it from specific people.

I don't think Twitter lets you view posts without being logged in anymore. Or at least, it'll show you old posts, only.

You may be right, seems like it only shows you posts by number of likes. But a burner account is nearly effortless to create anyways.