Finally, Twitter seems to be waking up to the trolls who have been making the social network site a pain for many of its users. The micro-blogging platform has announced that users can now share block lists with others. "Today we’re making it possible to share block lists on twitter.com. This new, advanced feature makes blocking multiple accounts easy, fast and community driven. Mute and block are tools to help you control your Twitter experience. While many users find them useful, we also recognise that some users — those who experience high volumes of unwanted interactions on Twitter — need more sophisticated tools. That’s where this new feature comes in," said a Twitter blog by Xiaoyun Zhang (@XiaoyunZhang1), Engineer, User Safety. The feature lets users now export and share their block lists with others in their community facing similar issues or import another user’s list into your own account and block multiple accounts all at once, instead of blocking them individually. "We also hope these advanced blocking tools will prove useful to the developer community to further improve users’ experience," the post added. Here is how to do it: To export or import a list of blocked accounts, navigate to your blocked accounts settings on twitter.com. Click on the advanced options drop-down menu and select the action you want to take. To download a list of your blocked accounts, select the export option and confirm the accounts you want to export. The feature will be rolled out to all users by the end of the week. Twitter has also promised more user controls in the near future. Unlike Facebook, anonymous accounts have been finding traction of Twitter often driving public outrage against certain incidents or even individuals.
