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Just when you thought there was no way Elon Musk could possibly ruin Twitter, oops, we mean X any further; he is now deciding to remove the one tool users love to keep themselves sane.
Last week bootleg Tony Stark, aka Elon Musk, claimed his trash a** platform X, formerly known as Twitter, was getting rid of the beloved block button claiming it “makes no sense.”
“Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” the so-called tech genius said in a tweet on a Friday.
Hilariously, Musk’s X post was slapped with a further content notice by an X user pointing out that if he removed the ability to block people, his app would violate Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store guidelines.
“If the ability to block users was to be removed, X would be in violation of the policies of the App Store as well as the Google Play Store. Potentially, this could lead to X being removed from these platforms,” the further content notice read.
Block is going to be deleted as a “feature”, except for DMs
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 18, 2023
Musk then suggested that X users instead utilize the mute feature that doesn’t block users from trolling your account but removes their posts from your timelines.
Elon Musk Is Very Unserious
In pure case of irony, right-wing trolls James Woods and Catturd decided to confront the Tesla chief about removing the block button and hilariously were blocked by Musk.
Elon Musk blocking James Woods and Catturd after saying nobody should be able to block anyone is hypocrisy at its finest pic.twitter.com/jB4sIqPqlR
— David Leavitt
(@David_Leavitt) August 20, 2023
Another X user made a keen observation, pointing out that “Elon Musk probably wants to remove the block feature after he found out how many of us block him.”
Elon Musk probably wants to remove the block feature after he found out how many of us block him.
Retweet if you have Elon Musk blocked.
Like and retweet if you have Elon Musk blocked, and also block every advertiser you see.
— The USA Singers (@TheUSASingers) August 20, 2023
Other users add they will leave X altogether; one X post read, “If this happens I’ll be leaving the app. Sorry friends.”
We shall see if Musk will follow through on removing the block feature, but it’s clear the devil works hard, but Elon Musk works harder to ruin his app.
You can see more reactions to Elon Musk possibly removing the block button and getting slam dunked by his community notes feature in the gallery below.
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1. Yup
Every day this man does the impossible: rehabilitating Lowtax’s legacy as the world’s worst and dumbest site admin. https://t.co/pp5SZBwGAB
— Josh Sawyer (@jesawyer) August 18, 2023
2. Yup
perhaps if he puts an end to the #hateforhire #cyberbullies, that would be an option but if this is allowed, blocking must remain https://t.co/kiKkznZYov pic.twitter.com/BhRH3ImeGW
— TakeRKelly GiveUsBackTupac (@takerkelly) August 18, 2023
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the 2200 cnts I have blocked get to come back for seconds, I’m finished
pic.twitter.com/O9w4T6xEs3 https://t.co/9zIW2VDk6Z
— 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖Ʊ𝗥𝗬 (@theeSNYDERVERSE) August 18, 2023
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Community notes https://t.co/0C8RlVCecf pic.twitter.com/pNxsAZDzdR
— Raps gen
(@RaptorsGen) August 18, 2023
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creator of community notes got community noted pic.twitter.com/Y7UfpWuVMv https://t.co/Pom1YTJeJl
— aisha (@aishashalabyy) August 18, 2023
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If your 13+ year old were being harassed or targeted by the sexbot accounts, you might see the benefit of the block feature. https://t.co/16xg8po1QQ
— No One
(@tweettruth2me) August 18, 2023
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Not a good idea. I don’t block often but when I do it’s because of accounts that do nothing but spam, harass, dox etc. I’m probably one of the most blocked people on this site (even though I never spam or harass anyone), and even I’m saying that the blocking feature is needed. https://t.co/uIc5kjPEQm
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 18, 2023
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Community notes pic.twitter.com/JhH3gUpddK https://t.co/SiHC7r8Zm6
— Chief Otto (@ChiefOttoSosa) August 18, 2023
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Me when I see F1twt accounts we mutually blocked each other appears in my TL again https://t.co/RK6Zc38LZ7 pic.twitter.com/fiR7mfq1tz
— ahmed baokbah
(@ahmed_baokbah) August 18, 2023
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All the bots I’ve blocked reactivating upon hearing this news. https://t.co/DstK8byHkN pic.twitter.com/71DOBzSLzR
— DestinyNostalgia (@DestinyNostalgi) August 18, 2023
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Is he TRYING to come up with dreadful ideas? First that WEF woman, then the new name, now this. https://t.co/fToZktgfb6
— Millennial Woes (@MillennialWoes) August 18, 2023
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elon musk at twitter headquarters looking for who community noted him pic.twitter.com/5OoIsATBA8 https://t.co/sK6yfwGT42
— faiza
︎ (@korysstar) August 18, 2023
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Community Note rn https://t.co/T5Xj2p7Q2N pic.twitter.com/CpePUwYL0t
— Jozu
(@JozuJoestar) August 18, 2023



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