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.

    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
      26·
      21 days ago

      Anyone still posting there is probably not going to leave. Either way, it’s not like this block was hard to circumvent, you could just log out or use a different browser to see the posts by someone that blocked you, so this doesn’t really change a lot.

    • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      21 days ago

      Imagine thinking this is some sort of silver bullet…

      Why would this piss off anybody? Do you understand how public posts work?

    • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      21 days ago

      I’ve always just muted users instead of blocking anyway. I don’t care if they see what I post. I just want them out of my sight