tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post278824995876013000..comments2024-02-16T03:35:27.972-05:00Comments on The World According to Quinn: This Google Chrome App Blocks Trolls AND Their FollowersMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-19676091168225116982016-05-22T12:21:30.643-04:002016-05-22T12:21:30.643-04:00I've been blocked on Twitter a couple times (p...I've been blocked on Twitter a couple times (political disagreement once; not sure why the other) and you can't see anything on their site logged in. Logged out you can (if they're stuff is public), but you can't do anything.<br /><br />Based on a perusal of Ms. Ng's Twitter feed she's gotten a lot of crap from people (reason to block) and complaints about blocking people (so it's working). If the app functions like Twitter blocking, it'd probably more like a Facebook block.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-80176394086519424842016-05-22T12:18:06.431-04:002016-05-22T12:18:06.431-04:00I haven't played around with Twitter and its s...I haven't played around with Twitter and its security features enough, apparently, because I thought that if you were posting publicly, the only thing that blocking a user accomplishes is that you can no longer see their responses to your tweets, but if you're posting publicly, they can still see and react to anything you tweet. That seems kind of useless if that is indeed how it works.<br /><br />Or does it act more like a Facebook 'block,' where it completely hides both parties from the other, so that it's like neither of you exist to the other? <br /><br />In the latter case, this would be much more useful.Philosophidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313942468242988568noreply@blogger.com