X (Twitter) Changes Its Blocking Rule: You Won’t Like It

X (Twitter) is making changes to one of the most important privacy features on its platform. From now on, users They won’t be able to block contact completely.but will do it – let’s say – partially, as Elon Musk confirmed in a publication.

Musk claims users are now blocked They will be able to continue to see posts from that account as long as it is public.but they will not be able to interact in any way. That is, they will only be able to see or read the content, but not reply, republish, quote or like. In the case of private accounts, after blocking, the user will not have access to that profile in any way.

For now X (Twitter) Full user blocking is allowedwhich meant that he couldn’t see any type of post. Not even replies to other posts or a list of followers and subscribers. In fact, when a blocked person tried to access the account, a message would appear emphasizing that this user had blocked him.

According to Elon Musk, the locking feature in X is pointless.

In a statement for Edge, X said the public account blocking feature was pointless because the user can view the profile of this person from another accountor even by disconnecting from the platform and accessing the account. The latter, however, is impossible, as X asks to log in before viewing the profile.

In any case, this is not the first time Musk has spoken about the blocking feature in X (Twitter). The tycoon said a few months ago that the button is meaningless if there is already a mute button, which does essentially the same thing, although it is less restrictive. The owner of the social network even considered the possibility of completely eliminating this feature and only blocking the ability to send messages to private messages.

Moreover, this is not the only controversial change Elon Musk has made since buying the company formerly known as Twitter. The CEO recently removed the ability to see which people liked the postincluding only the ability to view the quantity loves.