That's not even what block was doing. This is the muting feature in X, which I personally find more useful. Blocking is about stopping the other user from being

That's not even what block was doing. This is the muting feature in X, which I personally find more useful. Blocking is about stopping the other user from being able to engage with your posts. I never block somebody without muting them, but it is prob good that they have them as separate features, because you can mute somebody without them being able to know it in this way.