Friday, December 13, 2013; 10:26:35 AM Eastern
Twitter: Blocking is too crude
- Yesterday Twitter changed the way the Block command works, only to change it back in a couple of hours after an outcry from people who liked it the way it was.
- I welcomed the change, because it weakened the Block command, which was and now is again the only way to delete a tweet that you find offensive.
- In 2011, I wrote: "Blocking has the side-effect of making me invisible to the person I'm blocking. This is totally unnecessary."
- I would prefer if Twitter would give me the ability to remove specific tweets from my Replies tab. That's it. Why, after all these years, does Twitter not have this feature? I can't imagine it's that hard to implement? Maybe it is.
- A couple of other ideas:
- 1. I'd like the option of muting someone, and leave Block as it is.
- 2. It would be nice to be able to mute someone for a day, week or month.
- 3. Same with Block.