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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Now You Can't Really Block Anyone on Twitter
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Thu Dec 12 21:39:36 2013
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:01:57 -0800
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Now You Can't Really Block Anyone on Twitter
http://j.mp/1foCu6U (Mashable)
But that didn't wash with many users who'd experienced real harassment
on the service. "This is a huge and very serious problem for people,
like me, who have received repeated rape and death threats on Twitter
on a fairly consistent basis," wrote Zerlina Maxwell, a prominent
feminist activist, analyst and writer, in a Change.org petition
demanding Twitter restore the blocking function. "I utilize the Block
button almost every day," Maxwell added. "While that is not a perfect
solution - because users can simply log out to view your timeline even
if you have blocked them - it at least forbid harassers from following
you, and at worst retweeting you into their feed, which can simply
allow their followers to also harass you ... Twitter should not be in
the business of making it easier to stalk someone."
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On balance, a seriously shortsighted and boneheaded move by Twitter.
--Lauren--
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