Elon Musk Simply Introduced A New Change That Might Lastly Kill Twitter For Good

Elon Musk’s current transfer to eradicate the block function on Twitter has encountered sturdy opposition from customers who worth its utility. The blocking performance is broadly considered essential in curbing abuse on Twitter and different social media platforms. Opposite to Musk’s opinion, blocking a consumer on Twitter gives people complete safety from abusive accounts by rendering a complete profile invisible to the blocked consumer — encompassing tweets, likes, and retweets. Compared, the “Mute” choice solely shields customers from viewing tweets.

Apparently, earlier than taking management of Twitter, Musk was a giant proponent of the block function and was recognized to make use of it with impunity. He had famously blocked a number of accounts important of him, and it appears it by no means occurred to him that he might have simply used the mute choice as a substitute. Musk did, nevertheless, finally change his stance when in February 2023, it was introduced that he had unblocked everybody on the platform whereas additionally urging others to take action.

Whereas the end result of Musk’s intentions to take away the block function stays unsure, many customers assume it’s simply a further nail in Twitter’s proverbial coffin. It has additionally come to mild that Musk’s determination to take away the choice to dam customers might conflict with Apple’s App Store policies and will even end result within the elimination of the Twitter app (now X) from Apple’s platform. In mild of this data, it will be fascinating to see if Musk would truly undergo together with his determination to threat being de-platformed from the Apple ecosystem.