Twitter, now X, to remove blocking feature

[s09dfhks]

Others have mentioned, it is in the terms of the apple App Store and google play store that to have your social media app listed, it must support blocking(1)

[1] https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#use...

[cubefox]

This is false. See:

> To prevent abuse, apps with user-generated content or social networking services must include:

> A method for filtering objectionable material from being posted to the app

Filtering is exactly what muting does, which will still be allowed.

[rsynnott]

This is entirely because so many people block Space Karen, isn’t it?

[klyrs]

I was guessing it's a hamfisted response to Block the Blue

[tansan]

It's really easy to get around the block, so I would have to agree that it is not that useful of a feature.

[sureglymop]

Is that really their priority though? The platform seems to be just a sandbox for one guy at this point. I guess if one is into that...

[klntsky]

Blocking is useless if your profile is not private.

[3cats-in-a-coat]

The useful part of blocking isn’t reading someone’s content, but being unable to directly react in a discoverable way to it via reply and quote.

[strangecasts]

At the time of writing, Twitter does not allow viewing profiles unless logged in

[yumraj]

Have people been blocking Musk?

[ChrisArchitect]

[dupe]

[ChrisArchitect]

More discussion from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37177439