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[-] wild_dog@hexbear.net 5 points 5 hours ago

Two things:

Most people don't have burners or don't really log out of their accounts so blocks making it so you can prevent certain people from looking at your account is a small layer of protection. it's also just a convention in social media. it's how Facebook and Instagram (and I presume Tiktok though I don't have one) works.

Second, the reason behind it is very annoying. Elon is just mad that he's one of the most blocked accounts on the site and he knows that shitty fascist dudes get blocked on that site at a high rate, he just wants to make the site cater to their whims by making it easier for them to see around blocks. the blocking system was never perfect but it's still miles better than this.

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