Twitter is making it a lot easier to let other users know about misbehaving accounts: you can now share blocklists with other users.
To export or import the lists, you simply need to go to your blocked account setting on twitter.com, click on the advanced options menu, and select import or export from there.
It’s a particularly useful feature for communities on Twitter who may suffer from frequent harassment by the same Twitter accounts.
This way, users can simply share a list of the misbehaving accounts with others who may be victimized by the same accounts. Of course, you could achieve the same effect manually, but this is way quicker, especially for people who have blocked dozens or even hundreds of accounts.
It’s the most recent step in Twitter’s recent moves towards making its platform safer for all users. In December, it made it easier to report abusive comments, and introduced a revamped blocked-user page.
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➤ Sharing block lists to help make Twitter safer [Twitter Blog]
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