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Users of X, the site formerly known as Twitter, may have to deal with more spam, more harassment, and the consequences of more unregulated free speech.
The social media platform’s owner, billionaire Tesla boss Elon Musk, announced Friday that he intends to remove the ability for users to “block” other users on all aspects of the social media site, excluding private “direct messages”.
Musk’s comments raised significant concern from the site’s users, including many subscribers to its ‘Twitter Blue’ services, now $8 a month ‘X Premium’, who compared ‘blocking’ to ‘self-defense’. and your rights under the 2nd Amendment.
But Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey praised the move, responding ‘100’. just dumb.
The current owner of X (formerly Twitter), billionaire Tesla boss Elon Musk, announced that he intends to remove the ability for users to “block” other users on all aspects of the microblogging site except the ” direct messages”. The statement sparked a huge debate on the platform.
Musk (left) has repeatedly sparked controversy over changes to the social media site, which he took ownership of last October. A worker (right) dismantles the Twitter sign at the site’s corporate headquarters on July 24, 2023, after Musk renamed the platform ‘X’.
Twitter’s new name and logo, ‘X’. as seen atop their headquarters in downtown San Francisco, on July 30, 2023
Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey praised the move, responding ‘100’. just mute’
But Musk’s comments raised widespread concern from users of the site, including many subscribers to its “Twitter Blue” services, now $8 a month “X Premium,” who compared “blocking” to “self-defense” and your USA Constitutional rights under the 2nd Amendment
Musk has repeatedly sparked controversy over his changes to the social media site, which he took ownership of last October.
In June, Musk was charged with flouting free speech for reneging on an agreement to air a Daily Wire-funded film over claims it “gender-confuses” with transgender people; he claims the CEO later shot him down by calling the decision a “mistake” made by his staff. .
The social media site, which has lost tens of billions of dollars in value by Musk’s own estimates since his $44 billion purchase last year, has spent much of the year fending off competitors, including threads Instagram-based mockups from Meta and open source. Mastodon microblogging platform.
Last month, in a bid to recoup ad revenue, Musk announced plans to cut ad fees on the platform by 50 percent.
While it’s unclear if Musk will go through with the block, many users of the platform continue to beg the billionaire to reconsider.
“Blocking is a critical peace of mind issue for many people because it often keeps cyberbullies going.” an X Premium user, @WallStreetSilv, noted.
“It’s like getting rid of the second amendment,” said another, @gollysue4truth. ‘You have no other self-defense than to walk away from X completely. Save the block feature.’