Twitter users have long been plagued with unwanted posts and suspicious links by spam accounts but there was always an easy remedy at hand. Users could block the accounts and that would prevent spammers from accessing their profiles or posts.
However, on Dec 13 Twitter replaced the blocking feature with a mute function. The company made the change because it feared that the act of blocking would invite retaliation from the person that was blocked.
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