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X will shortly change the functionality behind its block button so that if you block an story , they will still be able to see your public post , according to change to X ’s websitespotted byindependent app research worker Nima Owji . Elon Musk confirm these changes on Monday , noting that block story will still not be able to engage with users who have halt them , but they will presently be able to see their posts .
“ The cylinder block function will immobilise that account from pursue with , but not blank out seeing , [ a ] public post , ” say Musk in atweeton Monday .
Owji says users soon may not see the “ You ’re bar … ” content when chat an history of a user who has blocked them , he tells TechCrunch via a DM ( direct message ) on X. alternatively , stuff user will see the story ’s public post , like they were any other user . There will likely still be restriction in reposting , quoting , replying , or engaging with stop accounts . It ’s unclear at this metre when the alteration will take position .
Musk said in his tweet on Monday that it was “ high clip this happened . ” antecedently , if a public history blocked a user , that user could but lumber out and view the public invoice ’s tweet all the same . There was an easily avoidable workaround , but now X seems to be dispatch that mathematical function wholly .
rough 10 yr ago , when X was still called Twitter , the platform madesimilar changes to the mental block featurethat were swiftly reversed . In 2013 , Twitter updated its policy to let blocked user to see content , keep up , and even engross with those who have blocked them . The report that kibosh them would not be able to see these engagements , but others would . At the time , Twitter reportedly called an pinch meeting due to repercussion about the block update , and quickly reversed its insurance policy to keep stronger block in effect .
Today ’s update from X does not go this far — appointment are still not allowed under blocks , according to Musk — but some may not be thrilled about the changes . societal media users often apply the block feature to outdistance themselves from harasser , abusers , or stalker . Under these novel changes to blocking , those roadblock will be soften .
