X will remove blocking feature, says Elon Musk

X will remove blocking feature, says Elon Musk

 Elon Musk, owner and chief executive officer of X (formerly
known as Twitter), says users will no longer be able to block other accounts.

 

In a post shared via the platform on Friday, the billionaire
businessman said the feature made “no sense” and will soon be unavailable for
users.

 

He, however, said the block feature will remain for direct
messages.

 

“Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for
DMs,” Musk wrote.

 

 “It makes no sense.”
Is there ever a reason to block vs mute someone?Give your reasons.— Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) August 18, 2023On its help page, X describes block as “a feature that
helps you control how you interact with other accounts.”

The block feature helps people in restricting specific
accounts from contacting them, seeing their posts, and following them.

Musk said users can instead use the “mute” feature as an
alternative to blocking.

  
JUST IN: Elon Musk says X (Twitter) will remove the ability to block accounts.— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) August 18, 2023The mute option means the user who does the muting cannot
see the other account’s posts on their timeline.

 

However, it does not prohibit the muted user from following
and replying the content of the one who muted them.

 

Since Musk took over the microblogging platform, Twitter has
introduced several features and changes.

 

In 2022, the firm came up with a subscription package for
the verified blue tick mark.

 

In April 2023, Musk introduced a feature that allows media
publishers to charge users on per article basis.

 

This followed the announcement that Twitter users will be
able to monetise their content, including long-form text and hours-long videos.

 

Providing updates later in May, the Twitter CEO said the
platform would take a 10 percent cut on content subscriptions after the first
year. 

Source: X will remove blocking feature, says Elon Musk

 - NigerianEye

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