CEO Elon Musk announced on social media on Monday that X’s blockchain functionality as we know it will no longer exist.
Musk confirmed the change in a reply to web developer Nima Oji, who first reported the news.
Since Twitter’s block feature (formerly known as X) was first introduced, users have been able to prevent individuals from seeing or engaging with public posts. With this change, blocked accounts will be able to see the blocked person’s posts again, but will no longer be able to engage with the content via likes, replies, reposts, or direct messages. Musk actually threatened to remove all block features last year, except for the ability for blocked users to DM the blocked person.
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While Musk’s changes aren’t as drastic as previous announcements, Monday’s news is a wake-up call for many who have experienced harassment or stalking on X. While the updated blocking feature prevents potential bad actors from causing trouble on X, it will soon make it easier for anyone to view information on the site and leverage it offline or on other sites. Now, someone can easily screenshot a post from X from an account that previously blocked them and repost it to a thread, Facebook, or Instagram. They can also screenshot that X post and post it to their own X account.
Donald Trump is back on X/Twitter, blasting posts and running inconsistently labeled campaign ads.
Some on X reacted positively to the news, saying the current blocking feature was useless. Web developer Ozzy, who reported the news, claimed that anyone could bypass the feature with an alternate account, while others pointed out that blocked users could still view public posts in their browser’s incognito mode.
It is unclear what Musk’s motivations are for the change, but some have suggested it is a covert way for Musk to strengthen his presence and presence in the declining company, or that it has something to do with the upcoming presidential election, which the CEO clearly favors. But it could hit a few hurdles. The biggest one for X is Google and apologize We need a blocking feature for social media apps available on the app store. There are already some that do this: Efforts are in progress Once the blocking feature is gone, we will ask Google and Apple to block X downloads.
