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Comment on Musk’s plan to axe X's block button is a real win for stalkers and abusers.

But there’s nothing to stop a stalker just making another account to follow you if they really want to. I dont see blocking doing much good there as there is no such thing as being able to stop your public posts being viewed, because they’re public.

I still think its a bad idea to remove blocking just becuase people want to remove things they dont want to see (like right wing billionaire arseholes) but I dont think giving people a false sense of security is a good reason against it.

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pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

I dont see blocking doing much good there as there is no such thing as being able to stop your public posts being viewed, because they’re public.

My thoughts as well. Someone dedicated to harassing you isn’t going to give up when they get blocked. They’ll just make another account and do it again, but now with the knowledge of what gets under your skin.

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