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Twitter now lets web users remove followers without having to block them, after testing the option for over a month

All Twitter users can now remove a follower without having to block them.  The company started testing this option last month, and starting today, everyone will have access to it.

Engadget Kris Holt

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  • @twittersupport @twittersupport on x
    The option to remove a follower is now rolling out to everyone on web.
  • @mattdpearce Matt Pearce on x
    still gonna praise the mute button though. you can simply stop thinking about or remembering Certain People on here, for all time, and they'll never know! https://twitter.com/...
  • @evacide Eva on x
    After more than a decade of soft blocking, Twitter has finally given us an unfollow button. https://twitter.com/...
  • @cmccurdypdx @cmccurdypdx on x
    Muting doesn't prevent you from seeing quote tweets of that person's tweets (you theoretically don't *see* the tweet but...you see something and if you are a sucker like me you still click). If you haven't noticed, a lot of the most annoying people on here are...frequent dunkees …
  • @monicabyrne13 Monica Byrne on x
    It's already really easy to do this by soft-blocking. How about banning Naz1s? https://twitter.com/...
  • @tomwarren Tom Warren on x
    Twitter “soft blocking” has arrived https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @film_girl Chriscreama Warren on x
    Softblock as a feature is dope as hell. Thank you Twitter! https://twitter.com/...