Elon Musk just lately expressed in a candid tweet that there are at the moment no excellent social networks. While acknowledging the potential for failure, he emphasised his dedication to creating a very distinctive platform.
“The sad truth is that there are no great “social networks” proper now. We might fail, as so many have predicted, however we are going to strive our greatest to make there be a minimum of one,” Musk stated in a tweet.
In a latest stunning replace, Elon Musk has introduced that his social media platform, X, shall be eradicating the characteristic that allows customers to dam tweets from particular accounts. This determination has garnered criticism from quite a few quarters. Despite the backlash, Musk reiterated his stance at present, defending the transfer by emphasising their dedication to forging a “great social network,” even when it entails the potential for setbacks.
The Block characteristic is used to limit interplay with particular accounts on the microblogging platform. “Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” Elon Musk posted, indicating the choice would nonetheless be out there for “direct messages” between customers of the social media platform, previously referred to as Twitter.
However, Elon Musk, a self-promoted advocate of free speech, confronted backlash from Twitter customers on his determination to take away the ‘block’ characteristic.
Netizens flagged the truth that eradicating the ‘block’ characteristic would depart Twitter customers weak to on-line harassment and cyber bullying.
“Please rethink eradicating the block characteristic. as an anti-bullying activist (and goal of harassment) I can guarantee you it’s a vital software to maintain individuals secure on-line.” wrote on Twitter consumer
One Twitter consumer additionally talked about that they must delete their account if block characteristic is eliminated. “In the midst of a libel swimsuit I used to be focused by thirty trolls the defendant enlisted to harass me. X shall be untenable for individuals like me, who’re prepared to share their identities. If he does this, I’ll haven’t any selection however to retire from this website.” wrote James Wood.
Some twitter users also made sarcastic comments on the recent move. One said, “Not only did Elon Musk remove the block feature, you can now like an interesting post twice”.
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Updated: 20 Aug 2023, 10:11 AM IST
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