Spotify makes it simpler to dam different customers

Spotify is rolling out a brand new characteristic that can permit customers to extra simply block others on the platform. Previously, customers needed to contact buyer help to dam somebody, however now the characteristic is less complicated to search out on a person profile.

To block a person, go to their Spotify profile. Under their username and photograph, above their public playlists and subsequent to the “follow” button, click on the three dots menu and select “block,” or on cell, “block user.” Now that person gained’t have the ability to entry your listening exercise, your web page, or any public playlists. You can also unblock a person you’ve beforehand blocked at any time.

“At Spotify, we’re committed to delivering the best possible listening experience to our users,” an organization spokesperson stated in an e-mail to The Verge. “Privacy is something that is, and always will be, enormously important to us and our block feature, which gives users more control, is the latest step towards that commitment.”

The firm launched a “block artist” characteristic in 2019, however customers have been asking for a strategy to block different customers for the previous a number of years. In 2018, BuzzFeed News did an in-depth report on Spotify users who have been stalked and harassed by different customers however who have been unable to stop the harassers from viewing their exercise on the platform. At the time, Spotify said it was placing the introduction of a block person functionality “under consideration.”

Spotify says the change must be obtainable to customers this week.