Fri Aug 18, 2023 – 5:05 pm EDTFri Aug 18, 2023 – 5:11 pm EDT
UPDATE, 4:09PM, CST: a Community Note added to Musk’s announcement says Musk “cannot” eliminate the block feature, as it is a mandatory condition of social networks being allowed on both Apple and Google’s app stores. Musk has not yet said whether this news changes his plans.
(LifeSiteNews) – The social network formerly known as Twitter has instituted multiple changes long championed by conservatives since being taken over by iconoclastic tech mogul Elon Musk, but a newly announced decision has received an overwhelmingly hostile reception: eliminating users’ ability to block certain accounts from replying.
Musk announced Friday that Twitter, recently rebranded as X, will be removing the “block” feature for public interactions with other accounts, claiming it “makes no sense,” while continuing to allow users to block unwanted people from sending private Direct Messages (DMs):
It makes no sense
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 18, 2023
The news met a swift backlash, as blocking has conventionally been social media users’ most effective tool to stop strangers from bombarding their posts with all manner of unwanted content. Musk suggested blocking DMs and
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