Elon Musk wants to remove the block feature on X

X owner Elon Musk said he intends to have the block feature removed, claiming it does not make sense.

X social media platform owner Elon Musk said on Friday that the ability to block other users will be removed except in direct messages, adding that the feature did not make sense.

However, his post was soon attached to a Community Notes banner which provided additional context and claimed that taking away the ability to block abusive users on a platform would violate Google Play Store and Apple policies for app developers. However, this note was later removed.

A less powerful alternative to blocking users on X (formerly Twitter) is muting other accounts. However, muted accounts can still participate in the original poster’s discussions and troll the user’s other followers.

When the blue verification tick on Twitter became a buyable perk, several internet extensions gave users the ability to mass-block all accounts with blue ticks.

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Musk did not provide a timeline for the removal of the blocking feature.

Earlier this week, CNN reported that a minimum of two brands were stopping ads on X after learning that their media had been posted alongside an account glorifying Adolf Hitler and Nazism.