New novelty in the universe of X, formerly known as Twitter. Elon Musk cannot introduce changes in the well-known social network, on this occasion the tycoon has announced that other accounts can no longer be blocked, a function that is used by some people as an extra security measure, as published by the owner of the company on your personal profile this Friday.
Musk, who bought the platform last year, noted that users will still be able to block certain options from other accounts (such as sending private messages), and the option to mute other accounts will still exist.
This latest change adds to the long list of modifications that Musk, who is also the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has made since he took the controls of the company, such as changing the name and logos of the network or removing verifications. free of charge that were given to the relevant figures. The businessman did not detail the reason for the change or when this measure will begin to be put into practice.
However, it does not seem to be an easy path, since users responded to Musk’s announcement with a “context” note that clarified that the blocking option is one of the requirements to be able to download X in the digital stores of Apple and Google.
The block function means that the banned account cannot see what the other user posts, while they cannot leave comments on their content or tag the other account. While the mute function only prevents the user taking this action from seeing replies from the blocked account, other users can see it.
