Technical News Office,Elon Musk has started rolling out a new update to social media platform X that will allow people you’ve blocked to see your posts and follower list. Depending on the company, if your posts are public, accounts you’ve blocked will be able to see your posts. Giving information about this in a post, X Engineering said that we are starting to roll out the blocking feature update. However, they cannot interact with your posts, such as replying, reposting, etc.
What did Musk say about this change?
Block is a feature that helps you control how you want to interact with other accounts on X. This feature helps prevent people from following certain accounts, sending direct messages, and connecting with them. Let us tell you that earlier, billionaire Musk had said that blocking people from seeing your public posts “makes no sense.” NOW,
So what will happen if you block now?
However, with this update, the accounts you blocked cannot follow you and you cannot follow the account you blocked either. By blocking the account you currently follow, you will no longer follow it and that account will also no longer follow you. If you decide to unblock this account, you will need to follow it again.
people protested
Blocked users still can’t follow the person who blocked them, interact with their posts, or send them direct messages. The social network argued that the blocking feature can be used to hide harmful or private information about someone. However, people opposed this change.
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