This is a very unwise decision. I Follow people on Twitter who I've witnessed being stalked and harassed. Blocking helped to end that. Now the rule change lets the stalkers, trolls, and harassers have the upper hand. What Block was always missing was Mute. Now it's all been changed to Mute without Block. This is just screwy.
And saying to Protect your account is like a punishment to the innocent. Unless Twitter has changed their TOS, it's a TOS violation to RT a Protected account.
And saying to Protect your account is like a punishment to the innocent. Unless Twitter has changed their TOS, it's a TOS violation to RT a Protected account.