On this Episode of “Elon Musk Doesn’t Know How To Run A Social Media Site”, we see that the company’s CEO is in support of Musk’s latest misstep. The company’s newly-appointed CEO, Linda Yaccarino, is also on board to remove the block feature from the platform, according to NDTV.
If this sounds cartoonish and foolish, that’s because it is. In a shocking announcement, Elon Musk stated that Twitter is getting rid of the blocking feature. Being able to block an account is a major part of any social media experience, and people are wondering why it’s going away.
In a tweet, Elon did say that the blocking feature will still apply to DMs. Other than that, you’re still able to mute accounts throughout the platform. However, muting an account is different from blocking an account. When you block an account, it means that you want to cut yourself off from the account altogether. They can’t interact with you at all and vice versa.
Muting an account just means that you can’t see posts from the muted account. The account in question could still interact with you and tweet at you. This means that, if you blocked an account for harassing you, that account can continue the harassment.
Linda Yacarrino is all for moving the block feature
At this point, we’re not sure how the new CEO is going to steer Twitter over the course of time. Right now, the main changes we’re seeing with Twitter are through Elon Musk. We were hoping that Yacarrino would be a second voice to keep Elon from making haphazard decisions.
However, it seems that Yacarrino is on board with removing the block feature. In a tweet, she stated “Our users’ safety on X is our number one priority. And we’re building something better than the current state of block and mute. Please keep the feedback coming.”
The tweet lets us know two things. 1.) She and Elon are buddy-buddy on this decision and probably other questionable decisions. 2.) The team is planning something new to replace the blocking feature. We’re not sure what they’re going to do.
It’s still confusing why they chose to remove the tried and true blocking feature. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, they say, and removing the blocking feature is an answer to a question that no one asked.
However, we don’t know what Elon and Linda are cooking up, so we can’t say that it won’t be an improvement. In all fairness, there’s no telling if they’re working on something that’s actually ingenious. We don’t know at this point, so all we have to do is wait until it happens.