“Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature,’ except for DMs,” Musk, who acquired the site last fall for $44 billion, posted on Friday.
Those who wish to shun a fellow X user will simply have to make do with muting them, according to Musk.
It is unclear when X plans to implement Musk’s edict, which comes at a time that the social media platform under newly installedwho were put off by initial changes to content moderation. X Corp owner Elon Musk said he plans to do away with the “block” feature that lets users of the app formerly known as Twitter shun unwanted followers.
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