Block Party Newsletter

A seatbelt for the internet?

Privacy Party enters public beta!

Sep 27, 2023

January 2023

Coming to terms with the messy spectrum of online speech

Who should do the labor — and hold responsibility — for content moderation in the age of Twitter 2.0

Jan 10, 2023 • 

Tracy Chou

October 2022

When smashing the block button is not enough

Keep all the receipts with block reasons 🧾

Oct 27, 2022

September 2022

Towards a social media ecosystem that prioritizes user control

Reflections on Block Party’s seed round and what we need to cultivate a middleware ecosystem

Sep 21, 2022 • 

Tracy Chou

May 2022

To build or not to build

Auto-muting “johnnybunchanumbers” accounts

May 26, 2022 • 

Tracy Chou

April 2022

Banishing the bots with Keyword Filters 🤖🙅‍♀️

Introducing a new way to filter out the noise in your mentions

Apr 6, 2022 • 

Zoelle Egner

March 2022

The path to a better internet for everyone

Earlier this week, President Biden issued a call to address the harms inflicted on children by social media: accountability for platforms, increased…

Mar 3, 2022 • 

Tracy Chou

December 2021

Helping you reclaim your time in 2021

As we enter the final stretch of 2021, we’re filled with gratitude for our community. We couldn’t ask for a more thoughtful and engaged group of people…

Dec 23, 2021

November 2021

Who should pay for online safety? 

Here at Block Party, each new user signup is met with gratitude…and sadness.

Nov 26, 2021

October 2021

Block Party enters general availability!

To celebrate, we're introducing block lists and premium subscription plans

Oct 14, 2021

How we designed block lists to avoid the dragnet effect

Today Block Party introduces our take on bulk blocking: block lists. On the surface, it’s a pretty straightforward feature — block multiple accounts at…

Oct 14, 2021 • 

Tracy Chou

July 2021

What’s in a waitlist

Ask about tactics for introducing a new product to the market, and inevitably someone will recommend a waitlist. They might wax poetic about the…

Jul 26, 2021 • 

Tracy Chou