X proprietor Elon Musk has introduced the elimination of block function on the social media platform. Musk was responding to a query from the Tesla Homeowners Silicon Valley account asking customers about their choice between mute and the block function.
Musk famous by way of an X (previously Twitter) publish that blocking will likely be deleted as a function anticipated for direct messages however customers will nonetheless possess the flexibility to mute others.
In a publish on Friday, Musk wrote, “Block goes to be deleted as a “function”, aside from DMs”. “It is senseless” the billionaire added.
Muting an account permits customers the flexibility to not see posts by that account however muted account can nonetheless reply to the person’s posts and even repost them to their very own followers for commentary and even ship a direct message, reported Bloomberg.
Blocking, alternatively, has been a necessary safety function on the social media platform. Customers on X have complained that eradicating the blocking function might result in an uptick in on-line harassment on X.
Eradicating the blocking function is only one of many adjustments launched by the world’s richest man since he acquired the corporate previously often called Twitter in a $44 billion deal final yr. Because the takeover, Musk has been working to create what he calls ‘Twitter 2.0’.
A few of the many adjustments launched since Musk’s takeover embody shedding a lot of the corporate’s workforce, scrapping the previous verified programme in favour of the $8/month Twitter Blue subscription, altering the corporate’s identify from Twitter to X and introducing some new options comparable to reside streaming.
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Up to date: 19 Aug 2023, 07:29 AM IST
