Blocked users will be able to see your posts

The times of the “@[insert username] blocked you” web page seem like over. X proprietor Elon Musk introduced a brand new change to permitting blocked customers to see posts of the accounts that blocked them.

Blocked accounts nonetheless received’t be capable of work together with these accounts however they’ll be capable of see their posts. A supply from X advised the brand new blocked entry characteristic is being carried out as a result of customers can already see and work together with accounts which have blocked them by switching to a non-blocked account.

Musk has wished to disable the block characteristic on X for awhile now. Greater than a yr in the past, he first expressed (or technically, Twitter) apart from direct messages. He wrote that blocking would change into “deleted as a ‘characteristic’” in addition to saying “It is mindless.”

Final Might, introduced it might implement the blocked viewer change to the platform with out together with a strong implementation or rollout date. The put up mentioned the change can be carried out to present customers with blocked accounts the flexibility to “establish and report any potential unhealthy content material that you simply beforehand couldn’t view.”