Elon Musk Kept His Promise: A Major Change Has Been Made to the Blocking Feature in X!

About 2 months ago, a X He shared a post in which his user complained about not being able to read the replies to the tweets of the person who blocked him.

seeing this Elon Musk and to the user “The blocking feature is very annoying. You don’t gain anything by blocking posts. “It’s time to remove this feature and replace it with the feature to silence notifications.” He replied:

Exactly 2 months after this tweet, it was announced today that instead of removing the block button, some changes were made to its function.

We are making changes to how block works.

If a user who has blocked you replies to one of your posts, you will now be able to see their reply. This change enables you to identify and report any potential bad content that you previously could not view, safeguarding both your…

— Engineering (@XEng) May 2, 2024

The Content of the Blocking Feature in X Has Changed

Normally, when someone blocks you on X or you block someone, it is not possible to see any mutual sharing. It is not possible to access a blocked account.

X made the move that changed this and block changed the content of the property. You will now be able to see when someone mentions your tweet after blocking you on X.

The main reason for making such a change is to protect the user from malicious or content tweets of the other party. It is aimed to ensure that users spend their time in the application more safely by reporting any malicious mentions detected.

The fact that the posts of people who have blocked themselves and who can tweet their posts despite blocking them will now be visible is a move that will definitely be appreciated by users. As a result, people will want to see what is written about them and will be able to counteract accordingly.