{"id":2763,"date":"2021-09-08T14:55:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T12:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/08\/twitter-trials-soft-block-feature-to-let-users-remove-followers\/"},"modified":"2021-09-08T14:55:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T12:55:16","slug":"twitter-trials-soft-block-feature-to-let-users-remove-followers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/08\/twitter-trials-soft-block-feature-to-let-users-remove-followers\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter trials \u2018soft block\u2019 feature to let users remove followers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The social media platform is testing a raft of measures to protect users\u2019 privacy and prevent abuse<\/p>\n<p>Twitter is trialling a feature that allows users to shrug off unwanted followers without officially blocking them.<\/p>\n<p>It provides a less stark alternative to hitting the \u201cblock\u201d button \u2013 a move that is often publicised across timelines when the blocked user screenshots the notification and publishes it.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/sep\/08\/twitter-trials-soft-block-feature-to-let-users-remove-followers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6cf7618fe73153a7b72f2d7f36e67595537ff00b\/0_188_5547_3328\/master\/5547.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7c66e9047a777ff241b928b1762d6956\" title=\"Twitter trials \u2018soft block\u2019 feature to let users remove followers\" \/>The social media platform is testing a raft of measures to protect users\u2019 privacy and prevent abuse<br \/>\nTwitter is trialling a feature that allows users to shrug off unwanted followers without officially blocking them.<br \/>\nIt provides a less stark alternative to hitting the \u201cblock\u201d button \u2013 a move that is often publicised across timelines when the blocked user screenshots the notification and publishes it. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The social media platform is testing a raft of measures to protect users\u2019 privacy and prevent abuse Twitter is trialling a feature that allows users to shrug off unwanted followers without officially blocking them. It provides a less stark alternative to hitting the \u201cblock\u201d button \u2013 a move that is often publicised across timelines when &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/08\/twitter-trials-soft-block-feature-to-let-users-remove-followers\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Twitter trials \u2018soft block\u2019 feature to let users remove followers<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}