it's unavoidable to center Elon here but can we just take a step back and appreciate how stupid, bad, and completely antithetical to a usable website this idea is? blocking has been a feature on like everything since phpBB forums because it literally just works. it's an easy way to curate your experience without escalating and it's a logical imitation of being able to simply avoid a person in real life. the idea of removing this in favor of nothing but mutes is just goofy as fuck (and if you make muting the new "block", what's even the difference between them? people will just use them basically the same way!).

Fun fact: a block feature is required to be accepted by the Apple AppStore review process. So Twitter will disappear from Apple devices with this change.

Since this got some votes and became visible, here's the source:

Apps with user-generated content present particular challenges, ranging from intellectual property infringement to anonymous bullying. To prevent abuse, apps with user-generated content or social networking services must include:

- A method for filtering objectionable material from being posted to the app

- A mechanism to report offensive content and timely responses to concerns

- The ability to block abusive users from the service

- Published contact information so users can easily reach you

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#user-generated-content

So what you're saying is, if I have a Twitter account and I start blocking many MANY people it costs Elon money? Interesting.

Wow...

Is there some kind of tech CEO competition running or something?

"Who can alienate their user base the fastest"

Whats going on with social media CEOs making dumb decisions these days..

As a member of a rather vulnerable minority, I had made pretty liberal use of the block feature on Twitter. Of course, I left when Musk took over and switched to Mastodon, but my account's still there. I didn't delete it or anything. Might have to now.

Elongated Muskrat has discovered just how many accounts are blocking him. His ego can’t take that. His FrEeSpEeCh must be heard

So he's run out of engineers that know how to maintain the block feature?

Im honestly surprised twitter is still standing. Like how. How is it still going.

I really hope platforms like Lemmy and Mastodon take off. Just the idea of no single person with control over how we all communicate and share ideas gives me hope for the future.

Watching major social media websites actively kill themselves has been nothing if not an experience

Let's be real, he's doing this because he's upset about people blocking Twitter blue accounts, this in no way increases server costs or any bull shit like that

"Hang on, Steve. Reddit can not and will not beat Twitter." -Elon

"Hold my beer, Elon! I'm probably going to shutdown the mobile reddit website." -Steve

Damnit, I knew I shouldn't have blocked him. Sorry guys this is my fault, I only had him muted before.

Elon Musk is a gaping, farting anus. I pay as much attention to the sounds from a gaping, farting anus, as I do from him.

Hard pass. If I cannot block someone harassing me that's it. Thank God I already don't have the problem of using Twitter to begin with

Another great ideea from greatest Genius of our age! Of God how could we live without him until now! /s

Awww Musky’s feelings got hurt that so many people have blocked him on twitter lol

This has to be his worst decision at twitter so far.

I wonder if this is because many people on Twitter just automatically block anyone with a blue checkmark (paid) when they see a response and the trolls have their feelings hurt so they run to Musk shouting about how they paid to be heard so he should force people to unblock them. That's the kind of childish argument I would expect.

I am very glad I left Twitter at the beginning of Musk's rein. This is just dangerous.

Huh why ? This doesn't make sense

I’m not sure how many coffin nails that Elon may have left, but this is a big one.

By this time, I thought he was out of feet to shoot, but he keeps finding new ones. Or maybe he's already at the "shooting myself in the knee" phase.

This is cause people blocked him isnt it or was it simply Biden got more attention then the poor musky boi

Ha imagine using Twitter

This reads like the Onion headline

Twitter's fundamental model of user interaction is said to be broken, and lots of things have been made to mitigate it. And now everything goes into the shitter because of Elon's hurt feelings.

I smile every time when I see that Musky did some more stupid shit, because I know that every time he does shit like that, Mastodon grows more. And with that, the entire Fediverse gets stronger.

Go on Elon! Don't Stop please! Kill Twitter!

...what the fuck???

Not surprising, knowing how childish this guy is. I mean he's literally promoting his own tweets in the "For You" tab to people who haven't blocked him, despite these people not even following or interacting with his tweets in any kind of way...