As promised by X since last May, the Block feature that prevents certain accounts from reading your tweets has now been changed. Accounts blocked by users can now read tweets but they can no longer interact with the tweets sent. So, what should you know about it?
According to X, this is to enable the account owner to report if the content of the comment left violates the site's policy. Action can then be taken if the comments left are extreme. If you want to prevent the tweets from being read by people who have been blocked, the only way is to lock the account to private after this.
Soon we’ll be launching a change to how the block function works.
— Engineering (@XEng) October 16, 2024
If your posts are set to public, accounts you have blocked will be able to view them, but they will not be able to engage (like, reply, repost, etc.).
A few months ago Elon Musk said he was not fond of the Block feature and said he would remove it. The step taken today is a middle ground that still allows this feature to be used but honestly, we say this is another feature given without it being requested by the user.
The changes made also violate the terms and conditions set by the Play Store and the App Store which oblige social media applications to provide a feature to prevent certain users' accounts from being read in order to avoid the problem of online stalkers.
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