“Every time it seems that the American billionaire Elon Musk he can't make another bad decision, come up with some new move to remind us that he can", is the beginning of the text of the American portal The Verge.
His last "stupidity", which was condemned by the general public, was related to the X interface (formerly Twitter).
Last month, Musk confirmed that changes are coming to the option to block other users of the X platform, which was previously quite simple and more or less worked the same as on all other social networks.
This option is intended to protect users and prevent harassment, and gives them the ability to make their content, posts, and images unavailable to accounts they have blocked.
However, it won't be like that anymore. Now all those possibilities are "thrown out the window", because Musk, the owner of X, has announced changes.
These changes mean that accounts you've blocked can see all of your posts if your account is public, but they won't be able to contact you in any way. They will also be prevented from sharing, commenting or liking the post.
Before that, blocking an account would hide your posts from that user.
Private profiles can still hide posts
"It's long overdue for this to happen," Musk wrote on his X account.
To further clarify this news, the official Xx engineering account added: "Furthermore, the block option can be used by users to share and hide harmful or private information about those they have blocked." Users will be able to see if such behavior is occurring, allowing for greater transparency."
In translation: Hiding posts is still possible, but only if the account on this social network is private. Public profiles, which are mostly used by people with a large number of followers, politicians, influencers and other influential tweeters, will not be able to make their posts unavailable to those they have blocked.
Musk wanted to end the blocking
Significantly crippling the blocking option, however, is only part of what Musk's original plan was.
In September, IT expert Nima Ovji came forward and announced that Musk plans to completely remove the blocking option. Musk soon announced and confirmed it.
Although Musk's change is not as extreme as his previous announcement, the news is alarming to many who have faced harassment or stalking at X.
With the new update, the blocking option prevents potential harassment and problems on X, but still blocked users will be able to easily view information and use it on other networks and sites.
Using the screen recording option, users can publish a post from someone's X account that previously blocked them on social networks Instagram, Threads or Facebook.
Blocked users can also obfuscate their profile name and post that identical post to their Xx account.
