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by mwfogleman 633 days ago
More simply: people are increasingly blocking advertisers to hide their advertisements. This would prevent you from shielding yourself from ads.
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nokcha 633 days ago
It's the other way around: with the new change, the blockee will be able to see (but not reply to) the blocker's posts, but the blockee's posts will still be hidden from the blocker.
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giraffe_lady 633 days ago
Really valid use case too. Very very common in recovery to block alcohol or gambling companies to avoid their ads.
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