Platform X Now Show Posts To Blocked Users

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JAKARTA Platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is again making controversial changes. From now on, Elon Musk's platform will display posts to blocked users.

This change was delivered directly by Musk on Tuesday, September 24. According to Musk, the blocking feature should only limit interaction, not limit the posts that can be seen. The billionaire believes that the post is public or can be seen by everyone.

"It's time for this to happen. The blocking function will block the account from being involved with (user accounts), but it doesn't block it from seeing public posts," Musk wrote via his personal X account.

It seems that this change is still rolling out in stages because only a small number of users have received this change. With the change in the function of the block feature, users cannot hide their activities from accounts that are not liked.

Since last year, Musk has often expressed his views on the block feature. According to him, this feature makes no sense and must be stopped to strengthen the mute's capabilities. However, the function that users expect is not just a mute or mute interaction.

When Musk posted about the change in the blocking function, many criticized the billionaire. Not a few said that the function of the blocking feature had deviated far away and did not protect women or people who were victims of harassment.

The reason is, when victims of harassment block accounts that commit crimes, they also want to hide posts from these accounts so they don't get abused. After this change in function is expanded, users X can only protect accounts by activating the Privacy feature.