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Twitter/X removing the block feature (lemm.ee)
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[–] Heresy_generator@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It's also a feature explicitly required by both the Apple and Google app stores for apps that have user generated content.

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/

1.2 User-Generated Content
Apps with user-generated content present particular challenges, ranging from intellectual property infringement to anonymous bullying. To prevent abuse, apps with user-generated content or social networking services must include:
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  • The ability to block abusive users from the service

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9876937?hl=en

User Generated Content
User-generated content (UGC) is content that users contribute to an app, and which is visible to or accessible by at least a subset of the app's users.
Apps that contain or feature UGC, including apps which are specialized browsers or clients to direct users to a UGC platform, must implement robust, effective, and ongoing UGC moderation that:
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  • Provides an in-app system for blocking UGC and users;

Every day he further proves that he has no idea what he's doing. He's 100% going to reverse this decision when he find out all of the things he should have know before saying anything.

[–] ninjakitty7@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Is this real? That’s hilarious.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago

Lmao he’s gonna get himself booted from BOTH app stores 😂