Step 1 delete your X account.
Step 2 create a mastodon account
That's a better way, I agree.
This was my first thought too, hah.
I do miss my traffic closer alerts, but that's all.
Right, but you’re smart enough to know it’s the right thing to do. Many aren’t , sadly.
Having an X account is in no way, shape, or form a necessity. Imagine thinking you need to participate in the toxic, mainstream socialsphere.
I protected myself by deleting Twitter the day douche nozzle took over because I'm not a fucking moron.
Instead of blocking, X advises that users take their account private, the antithesis to what X and its progenitor Twitter was about.
so basically remove your voice from the public sphere, giving the platform fully to the trolls and bullies.
This will also majorly affect professionals who must use twitter publicly for their job. Reporters, artists, PR people, etc. - they have all had to block abusive users over the years, so I think this may finally push them away to other platforms.
Not to mention the change that makes it no longer possible to opt out of being used for AI training. A lot of artists are now jumping ship to blue sky.
That's the same way it works on the fediverse. You post something publicly and anyone can see it regardless of whether you block them or not.
TL;DR: Set your account to "private"
No alternatives to ex-Twitter are mentioned. Lame.
There is nothing behind those eyes. Looks like an empty vessel carrying an over stuffed body and an over soaked ketamine brain.
Is that a problem? You could already just view their posts without an account, or create a burner account. Might be a hot take, but I think someone with a public account shouldn't expect to be able to hide it from specific people.
I don't think Twitter lets you view posts without being logged in anymore. Or at least, it'll show you old posts, only.
You may be right, seems like it only shows you posts by number of likes. But a burner account is nearly effortless to create anyways.
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