Security & Privacy - Who Can Message You ?

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Oct 19, 2023 06:22 pm

Lately, I've observed a surge in instances where individuals are receiving hurtful or offensive messages from either automated bots or real users, often stemming from disagreements or controversies.

So I would like to suggest to extend the privacy option to messages as well on similar lines as the below image.

Feel free to extend the discussion to add more points, I'll join you all tomorrow

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AthenaTheStorierX

Oct 19, 2023 06:31 pm

Also profile feed posts. Like, who can post to your profile (to go along with the currently present "who can see your feeds posts on your profile.").

Bullying cannot be expected to stay restricted to the comment pages or end with blocking/banning. Not in such an age when creating new emails and proxy email addresses are so easy.

ShadyPark

Oct 19, 2023 06:38 pm

Agreed, there should be some account age restriction as well.

And upon blocking the user that message thread should be locked and the both users shouldn't be allowed to send a new messages

Thyella

Oct 19, 2023 08:15 pm

Having more controle over your profile's visibility and voer who can send you messages etc is also important for (younger) users, who might not be confident enough to report or block individuals, who bother them. Restricting access to your profile and messages could be used as a "soft block".