- X is telling users that blocking will soon be useless and trolls and stalkers will soon be able to see their posts again.
- Instead of blocking, X advises that users take their account private, the antithesis to what X and its progenitor Twitter was about.
- This removal of blocking may violate Apple and Google’s policies regarding platforms that host user generated content.
Step 1 delete your X account.
Step 2 create a mastodon account
Mastodon also doesn't let you prevent people from reading your posts.
This is the first time I'm exploring this, but I think you're wrong.
On Mastodon you can:
So post visibility is not something you set per profile, but per post. But you have an effective tool to decide who you let in AND remove on the way.
I think it theoretically can't be done. The protocol allows anyone to query for posts, and it has to work that way unless you want to move ActivityPub federation to an invite-only system. On most servers I think browsing while being logged out is sufficient, just like on pre-Musk Twitter.