A big change has been announced. The American businessman said that X's block feature will allow blocked accounts to see your public posts. Under the new update, if you have blocked someone on X, then he will be able to see your posts despite being blocked. This change is being brought to improve the user experience, but there will be some limits in it.
Musk confirmed on Monday that the user who is blocked will not be able to engage with your posts. That is, he will not be able to do anything on your account, but he will definitely see the post. So far Social media Platforms keep blocked users away from your account. The person you block cannot see your posts, but something different is going to happen on X.
The block feature came into existence so that you can ignore a particular person. After the new update, the blocked person will be able to see your post, but will not be able to comment on it. According to media reports, Musk's latest announcement keeps the blocked users in check, but also allows them to see the post.
It's high time this happened.
The block function will block that account from engaging with, but not block seeing, public posts.
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 23, 2024
Currently, if someone is blocked on X, he sees 'You are blocked'. Apart from this, the blocked user cannot see your followers, media and following list. In the upcoming update, Musk has again decided how your interaction with the blocked user will be on X. Currently, the blocked user can see the posts by creating a new account.
After Elon Musk's announcement, X users may have concerns about privacy. Musk is already not happy with the current block feature of X. Last year, he had raised the point that the block button is not useful. Musk had suggested giving a strong mute function instead.
