“That does not make any sense.” In his train of reform of the social network X, ex-Twitter, Elon Musk announced this Friday that it will soon no longer be possible to “block” the accounts of other users, with the exception of private messages.
As a reminder, the “block” option then allows you to no longer interact with certain profiles. “It allows people to prevent certain accounts from contacting them, seeing their Tweets and following them,” says the X support center. political or societal messages contrary to his own opinions, Elon Musk recalls that it will always be possible to “hide” an account. And therefore to no longer see the messages posted in question.
For the moment, the billionaire, who launched a paid subscription a few months ago to obtain the famous blue badge, has not given a date for the end of this feature. His announcement, however, drew a lot of criticism from netizens: “Hide is not a complete replacement for blocking. […] The returns are not good”, was worried one of them, on the social network.
