Washington: Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) has announced that it is changing the way the blocking feature works on the platform. Until now, blocking a user on X not only prevented them from interacting with the posts of the person they blocked, but it also prevented them from seeing their posts. But this is going to change soon.
X announced through a post from its official engineering handle that soon blocked accounts will be able to see all posts from the account that blocked them, if their profile is set to public. However, they still won't be able to connect with them on their posts. “If your posts are set to public, accounts you've blocked will be able to see them, but they won't be able to engage with them (like, reply, repost, etc.),” the company wrote in its post.
X believes that this move will help increase transparency on the platform. The company said, “Today, blocks can be used by users to share and hide harmful or private information about people they have blocked. With this update, users will be able to see if such behavior occurs, Which will bring more transparency.” The feature has raised concerns among X users, who believe that the change to the block feature will lead to cyber-stalking on the platform. Here are some of the reactions to the post:
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