Twitter restores blocking feature - Times of India

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter has restored the ability to block unwanted followers from peering at posts, quickly reversing a policy change that triggered a barrage of criticism . "Earlier on Friday, we made a change to the way the 'block' function of Twitter works," Twitter's Michael Sippey said in a blog post.

"We have decided to revert the change after receiving feedback from many users — we never want to introduce features at the cost of users feeling less safe. Any blocks you had previously instituted are still in effect."

The turn-around came just hours after the San Francisco based company modified its blocking mechanism to let unwanted Twitter followers re-tweet , like, or peer at messages in public accounts of people who block them.

The move was met with criticism by many who worried about being harassed by stalkers or abusers . The change to block lists essentially blinded people to unwanted followers but did not prevent them from looking back. The tactic came with what Twitter portrayed as the advantage of not alerting unwanted followers to being blocked.

Prior to the update, a blocked Twitter user was barred from seeing the person's account or posts, with those shut out made aware of what was taking place.

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