When someone blocks you X (old Twitter), can they still reply to your posts? This opens up the possibility for someone to block you and defame, impersonate, or otherwise abuse you on the same platform when you aren't looking.
Currently, X is changing the way blocks work. On Thursday, the company's engineering account explained the change: „If a user who has blocked you replies to one of your posts, you will be able to see their replies. This change will allow us to identify and report potentially malicious content that we were previously unable to view, protecting both your account and the integrity of our overall platform. ”
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X owner Elon Musk said before The blocking function in X is said to be „meaningless“ and will be „deleted as a 'feature', with the exception of DM.“ That hasn't happened yet, but it appears that X is working on changing the blocking functionality until it's more in line with Musk's idea of the platform acting as a block. „Public town square“.
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„Our goal is to give users control over their experience while maintaining public visibility of their posts,“ the post from X's engineering team added.
Unresolved issues remain: Reporting abuse in X It seems like they don't do much. Over the past few months, I've reported numerous fraudulent accounts, and they still seem to keep popping up. The company's strategy to charge users for being „authenticated“ blue check mark I haven't done it I did a lot Also to solve the problem.