X will let people you’ve blocked see your posts

X volition present marque your posts disposable to users you’ve blocked. In a reply connected Monday, X proprietor Elon Musk said the “block relation volition artifact that relationship from engaging with, but not artifact seeing, nationalist post.”

Currently, X displays a “You’re blocked” connection erstwhile trying to presumption the illustration of a idiosyncratic who’s blocked you. In summation to blocking each posts, it besides prevents you from seeing their replies, media, followers, and pursuing list.

While a root astatine X told The Verge that the level is making this alteration due to the fact that radical tin already presumption posts from users who’ve blocked them erstwhile utilizing different relationship oregon logged out, respective of america astatine The Verge (myself included) person noticed that X prevents you from viewing someone’s illustration if you’re logged retired anyway.

Musk has been vocal astir his dislike of the artifact button. Last year, he said the feature “makes nary sense” and that “it needs to beryllium deprecated successful favour of a stronger signifier of mute.” He besides threatened to halt letting users artifact people connected the level completely, but for nonstop messages.

Even though X’s artifact fastener volition inactive forestall idiosyncratic from interacting with a person’s posts, they’ll inactive beryllium capable to spot them, perchance making it easier for atrocious actors to proceed harassing their victims.