The businessman stated that profiles configured as public can be seen by those who were blocked. Regarding the old model, interactions of any kind with the user will continue to be prohibited.
The tycoon Elon Musk, announced a strong change in the blocking function of the popular and massive social network X, where now users who were blocked will be able to see the public posts of the people who blocked them.
The profiles that are set to public They can be seen by those who have blocked them, but they cannot interact directly with your user, that is, liking, sending messages, sharing, replying, and so on.
The announcement was published by the official account of X engineering and added in a statement the objectives in this regard: “Today, users can use blocking to share and hide information harmful either private about the people they have blocked.”
He advertisement generated a strong rejection and uncertainty in users, who were alert and concerned about the impact of this new update and how it will impact the privacy and security of their content.
What will happen when blocking a user in X
Prior to this update, when a user blocked another user, that person could not see any of the publications, information either interactions of the profile of the person who had made this decision, which provided maximum privacy.
He main objective of the blockade, is to function as a tool to prevent another person from not having access to private content and from being able to contact or interact, whether for various reasons.
In this modification the rejection is maintained and prohibition of the interactionbut the ability to access and view any public content that these users share is allowed.
As shared xthis function would allow people who were blocked to access and indirectly see the type of comments, publications or sayings that another user is making about them, especially in defamation cases and cyberbullying.
Source: Ambito
