Elon Musk-led social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has undergone various changes in the recent past. From being in legal trouble to bringing new features for users, X has been in the news for some time now. Now, the CEO of the social media platform has confirmed a new change to the platform. Today, Elon Musk confirmed that the people you’ve blocked will be able to see your public posts on X.
X will let people you’ve blocked see your posts, Elon Musk confirms
As you may know, currently X displays a “You’re blocked” message when trying to check the profile of the user who has blocked you. Interestingly, this restriction prevents you from seeing anything the user shares or interacts with on the platform. From public posts to replies, nothing is visible to you. That’s not all, you can’t even see their followers and the following list too. Well, that’s going to change soon according to the owner of X.
Today, replying to a post Musk confirmed that the “block function will block that account from engaging with, but not block seeing, public post.” A source at X confirmed to The Verge that this change is coming because users could already check posts from the person who has blocked them using another X account. Apparently, this is also possible when you view the blocked person’s profile when logged out of the platform.
Musk has been quite vocal about disliking the feature
Contrary to what the source claims, folks over at The Verge found out that X prevents you from seeing a profile when you’re logged out. While it is unsure why it’s happening, that’s there. We also tested at our end and can confirm it’s not possible to see someone’s profile when logged out.
On the other hand, it won’t be wrong to say that everyone saw this coming at some point. Musk had voiced his intentions to scrap the feature from the app and the website going forward. Previously, Musk even said he’d stop letting users block others on the platform, with direct messages being an exception. Moreover, he even said that the block feature on X “makes no sense” at all.
