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You were ALWAYS able to see tweets from people that blocked you by simply logging out or using an alt account.

Well, yeah. It’s a different account. That’s how accounts work. Do you think one account blocking someone should result in every account blocking them too?

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Having a public (i.e. not locked) Twit𝕏 account and believing you can block single people is a bit stupid to begin with.

When screaming on a market square, you can’t demand for single people to “please not listen” to what you’re screaming.

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When I block someone I do not care if they see what I post. I just do not want them to be able to interact with it. I don’t want to see them. I don’t want their opinion. But it’s fine if they want to spend their energy fuming about whatever I post. Or more likely, simply who I am.

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Well, I don’t use Twitter. So that’s all you.
But blocking accounts have been a thing for decades. It’s not a new concept.

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In closed systems like messengers, where you don’t see any content unless logged in, yes. There, it works brilliantly. But on Twitter, this is like cutting out something from a newspaper when there’s a news stand right next door.

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Locking your front door won’t keep someone out who really wants to get in.

Is that stupid, too?

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Of course, not. But closing and locking the door doesn’t prevent the person on the other side to still listen in on your conversations…

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