X is altering how the block button works regardless of nobody asking them to

Did you get a notification on X ( formerly known as Twitter), concerning the block characteristic altering quickly? The notification was despatched out throughout the social media platform not too long ago, and it indicators that X is one step nearer to altering how the block perform works for customers. The transfer comes after platform proprietor Elon Musk suggested in a publish final yr that the block perform would be changed.

Why is X altering the block characteristic?

It appears to have one thing to do with gossip, possibly

X’s Engineering account defined the modifications in a current post. The change will make it so if a consumer blocks one other consumer on X, the blocked consumer will nonetheless be capable to see posts from the consumer who blocked them. The blocker consumer will nonetheless not be capable to have interaction with the consumer, equivalent to liking, replying or reposting their posts.

In its justification for the change, X said that beforehand the block characteristic may very well be utilized by customers “to share and conceal dangerous info” about somebody they’ve blocked. The brand new block perform will counteract this, as a blocked consumer will be capable to see if that habits happens and report it. X said the transfer permits for “higher transparency.”

This alteration solely impacts public accounts. In case your account is about to protected, somebody you’ve got blocked will be unable to see your posts because the account is protected and may solely be seen by authorized followers.

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The change to how block works is receiving criticism from many X customers. One user said “the aim of blocking somebody is for them to not see something you publish.” X customers have been fast to make memes concerning the new change.

The primary trace of modifications to the block perform got here into the limelight in 2023, when Elon Musk posted about potential modifications to it. Musk also posted about how “big block lists” are problematic for X’s programs.

Many customers on the platform appear to suppose the change is pointless and defeats the aim of the block button, whereas X thinks it should enhance transparency and assist maintain customers accountable in the event that they publish dangerous details about a consumer they blocked.

It appears this alteration, identical to the change to name it X as a substitute of Twitter, appears to puzzle and upset most customers.

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