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I haven't seen any official reasoning for this. Does anyone have a link to the explanation for this change occurring to begin with? I would like if there was s

by jprd 2y ago

I haven't seen any official reasoning for this. Does anyone have a link to the explanation for this change occurring to begin with? I would like if there was some technical or biz reasoning behind it, maybe I've just not seen it?

setgree 2y ago
My totally unspported hypothesis is that many, many people have blocked Elon -- I have -- and he knows that and hates it. We know that Elon once demanded, on superbowl Sunday, "demanded that his engineers find out why" a tweet of his was underperforming relative to a tweet from Biden, and then had the algorithm modified to boost his content [0]. Would unblocking the (presumably) most blocked person on twitter be such a leap? [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/opinion/trump-elon-musk-twitter-x.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/opinion/trump-elon-musk-t...
- navane 2y ago
  But with the change, you still wouldn't see Elon's tweets right? But now he can see yours, I doubt that's what he's after.
  - nerdix 2y ago
    He may not care about the average Twitter user who blocks him. But there are likely many influential people who have blocked him (but may also be tweeting about him) and he may want to see their posts. He may also want the ability to reply to things they tweet without being accused of giving himself special access.
sedatk 2y ago
I started blocking advertisers on Twitter whenever I saw an ad since Musk took over. They gradually made the blocking experience related to advertiser accounts harder. First, they started showing “upgrade to ad-free” popups when you blocked an advertiser through an ad’s context menu. Then, they removed block option from the context menu of tweets. (They later put it back under a sub menu). And finally now, they’re getting rid of the feature. I think they are trying to address the concerns of advertisers about constantly getting blocked causing their reach to diminish. Twitter revenue has gone down 80+% since Musk’s takeover. I don’t know, maybe, not saying “go fuck yourselves” to the advertisers might have helped more, but he do him.
CobrastanJorji 2y ago
The closest I've seen is a single tweet from Musk that says "High time this happened." So I guess the reason is that Elon Musk wanted it to change. I kind of wonder how many accounts Musk follows that have blocked Elon Musk.

by jprd 2y ago

setgree 2y ago

My totally unspported hypothesis is that many, many people have blocked Elon -- I have -- and he knows that and hates it. We know that Elon once demanded, on superbowl Sunday, "demanded that his engineers find out why" a tweet of his was underperforming relative to a tweet from Biden, and then had the algorithm modified to boost his content [0]. Would unblocking the (presumably) most blocked person on twitter be such a leap? [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/opinion/trump-elon-musk-twitter-x.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/opinion/trump-elon-musk-t...

navane 2y ago
But with the change, you still wouldn't see Elon's tweets right? But now he can see yours, I doubt that's what he's after.
- nerdix 2y ago
  He may not care about the average Twitter user who blocks him. But there are likely many influential people who have blocked him (but may also be tweeting about him) and he may want to see their posts. He may also want the ability to reply to things they tweet without being accused of giving himself special access.

sedatk 2y ago

I started blocking advertisers on Twitter whenever I saw an ad since Musk took over. They gradually made the blocking experience related to advertiser accounts harder. First, they started showing “upgrade to ad-free” popups when you blocked an advertiser through an ad’s context menu. Then, they removed block option from the context menu of tweets. (They later put it back under a sub menu). And finally now, they’re getting rid of the feature. I think they are trying to address the concerns of advertisers about constantly getting blocked causing their reach to diminish. Twitter revenue has gone down 80+% since Musk’s takeover. I don’t know, maybe, not saying “go fuck yourselves” to the advertisers might have helped more, but he do him.

CobrastanJorji 2y ago

The closest I've seen is a single tweet from Musk that says "High time this happened." So I guess the reason is that Elon Musk wanted it to change. I kind of wonder how many accounts Musk follows that have blocked Elon Musk.