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@theory@feddit.uk to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years ago

Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater Harassment

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Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater Harassment

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@theory@feddit.uk to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years ago
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One of the most important tools for trust and safety efforts is the “block” feature, allowing a user to entirely block someone else from following them. Yes, on Twitter you can get around this by g…
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    We need an /r/nottheonion

    • @ZapBeebz@beehaw.org
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      3•2 years ago

      Not the onion@lemmy.ml should be what you’re looking for

      • MaggiWuerze
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        Is there supposed to be spaces in the community name?

        • @MentallyExhausted@reddthat.com
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          Nope. This link should work from your local instance.

          • MaggiWuerze
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            This link kills my Jerboa client

            • @MentallyExhausted@reddthat.com
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              That probably means your instance hasn’t fetched the remote community yet. Not familiar with Jerboa, but in the web you need to search in Communities > All for !nottheonion@lemmy.ml and wait a few seconds. Then the link will work. It’s a known issue with lemmy and the devs are working on it.

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