2023-08-18 20:40:38
By J.T.
Posted yesterday at 7:51 p.m., Updated yesterday at 8:40 p.m.
Entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk. TINGSHU WANG / REUTERS
However, this future ban will not be applied to private messages, said the boss of the social network, ex-Twitter.
“That does not make any sense.” In his train of reform of the social network X, ex-Twitter, Elon Musk announced this Friday that it will soon no longer be possible to “to block» accounts of other users, except for private messages.
As a reminder, the option of “to block» allows you to no longer interact with certain profiles. “It allows people to prevent certain accounts from contacting them, seeing their Tweets and following them“, indicates the X support center. While this feature makes it possible to avoid certain harassment campaigns or to prevent the reading of political or societal messages contrary to his own opinions, Elon Musk recalls that it will always be possible to “hide” an account. And therefore to no longer see the messages posted in question.
For the moment, the billionaire, who launched a paid subscription a few months ago to obtain the famous blue badge, has not given a date for the end of this functionality. His announcement, however, aroused many criticisms from Internet users: “Hiding does not fully replace blocking. […] Feedback is not good“was worried one of them, on the social network.
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