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View submission: Safety update on Reddit’s follow feature
There's hardly a way to stop people from seeing what you post via blocking, since they can just a) sign out or b) create a new account that you haven't blocked. Unless you want a weird sort of only-people-I-approve-of-can-see-my-stuff system, you're stuck with the risks of posting on what is a public forum.
Comment by Drago984 at 14/07/2021 at 21:41 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Tyler the creator had a great tweet about this…
Comment by Elenjays at 14/07/2021 at 22:14 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yes, but if you implemented it well enough, you could make your presence totally invisible to a blocked user, thus making it so they don't even *realize* they're being blocked by somebody, so they wouldn't think to log out to see you. Turn you from a *known unknown* to an *unknown unknown*, to use a Rumsfeldism. (Suck shit in hell, war criminal!)
Of course, it wouldn't work for somebody who *was* stalking you, since they would presumably know about you before you blocked them, and thus know you were still around even if they didn't see you; but it would be better than nothing for the random harassers, at least.
Comment by EffrumScufflegrit at 14/07/2021 at 20:50 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Idk why you're downvoted. I swear Reddit users just use the votes as a "DONT LIKE >:(" button