X
(formerly
Twitter)
is
said
to
be
developing
a
new
functionality
that
will
enable
users
to
view
posts
even
from
the
people
they
have
blocked.
At
the
moment,
users
are
unable
to
see
the
posts,
replies,
media
and
followers
of
the
person
they
have
been
blocked
by,
this
might
change
soon,
according
to
Elon
Musk
who
owns
the
microblogging
platform.
Notably,
a
recent
report
suggested
that
X
might
also
launch
its
payment
services
soon,
realising
Musk’s
vision
of
making
it
into
an
“everything”
app.
Elon
Musk
Confirms
X
Will
Dilute
Blocking
Feature
In
a
post
on
X,
app
researcher
@nima_owji
highlighted
that
the
microblogging
platform
will
remove
existing
blocking
functionality.
If
the
user’s
account
is
public,
their
posts
will
be
visible
to
even
those
users
who
have
been
blocked
by
them.
Replying
to
this
post,
Elon
Musk
said,
“High
time
this
happened.”
Musk
added
that
X’s
updated
block
functionality
will
prevent
an
account
from
engaging
with
the
one
that
blocked
them.
However,
it
will
not
stop
blocked
users
from
seeing
posts
shared
by
public
profiles.
In
recent
years,
Musk
has
been
critical
of
the
blocking
feature
present
on
social
media
platforms.
Last
year,
he
claimed
that
this
feature
“made
no
sense”
and
should
be
deprecated
in
favour
of
a
“stronger
form
of
mute”.
In
August
2023,
the
billionaire
even
threatened
to
remove
this
feature
from
X
entirely,
except
for
the
direct
messages
(DMs).
This
feature
is
speculated
to
be
rolled
out
soon.
However,
Gadgets
360
staff
members
were
unable
to
see
posts
after
testing
the
existing
blocking
functionality,
which
suggests
that
it
may
not
have
been
introduced
yet.
X
Improving
Community
Notes
Feature
In
addition
to
the
removal
of
the
legacy
block
feature,
X
is
also
tipped
to
be
developing
functionality
which
lets
users
add
a
community
note
to
a
link.
It
is
speculated
to
be
visible
on
every
post
which
includes
that
link.
Users
can
select
the
“should
appear
on
all
posts
that
include
this
link”
option
to
make
it
visible
with
every
post.
Musk
corroborated
this
feature’s
development
by
commenting
“Community
Notes”.