Elon Musk says block feature to be ‘deleted’ on Twitter/X

Elon Musk doubled down on threats to remove the block feature, stating it was to be “deleted.”

X owner Elon Musk revealed in an Aug. 18 post on the social media site formerly known as Twitter that he intends to delete the block feature for users on the app.The comment came in response to a post from the “Tesla Owners Silicon Valley” account, which questioned why users didn’t simply employ the “mute” feature instead of the block one.

Other users were quick to reply, and as of the time of this article’s publication, it appears as though the vast majority of comments on the original post ar from those explaining why the block functionality is important to them.

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