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Welcome back to the Elon Musk 
podcast. 

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Today we're discussing Elon 
Musk's latest alteration to the 

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platform we now know as X 
formally Twitter. 

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A significant change that has 
caught everyone's attention is 

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Musk's decision to eliminate the
ability for users to block other

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accounts. 
Asserting that the feature makes

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no sense in this decision, along
with others, comes as part of a 

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broad transformation of the 
platform. 6 Must became the 

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owner after a $44 billion deal. 
Last year in a post dot X, Musk 

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announced Block is going to be 
deleted as a feature. 

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Except for Dms, ending that the 
Block feature makes no sense. 

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Previously, the platform 
described blocking as a way for 

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users to control their 
interactions, especially in 

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cases of harassment or threats. 
Instead, Musk has now advocated 

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for using the Mute feature, a 
less restrictive option. 

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This simply hides posts without 
unfollowing or blocking an 

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account. 
But before we go further, let's 

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take a quick break. 
Stay with us. 

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We'll dive into the subject, 
including reactions from 

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industry leaders like former 
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and how 

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this change affects user 
interactions on the platform. 

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Now, welcome back to the Elon 
Musk podcast. 

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Let's continue our exploration 
of Musk's decision to remove the

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Block feature on X, which allows
users to restrict specific 

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accounts from viewing and 
interacting with their public 

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posts. 
And among those reacting to the 

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decision was Jack Dorsey, the 
former CEO of Twitter, who 

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expressed his approval by 
posting a 100% emoji and then 

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saying mute only in reply to 
Musk. 

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This endorsement from Dorsey as 
a significant voice to the 

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conversation. 
The Musk has been openly 

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critical of the Block feature in
the past, stating in June that 

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blocking public posts makes no 
sense. 

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It needs to be deprecated in 
favor of a stronger form of 

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mute, though we can't clarify 
what this stronger form of mute 

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is quite yet or what it might 
look like. 

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And the uncertainty extends 
further as it's not clear if 

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accounts previously blocked by 
users will suddenly become 

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unblocked with this change. 
And as an alternative, users can

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still set their accounts to 
private, controlling who can 

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view and respond to their posts.
But for many, this change might 

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take away a valuable tool in 
managing their social media 

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experience. 
And Musk, already known for his 

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roles as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX
and currently the world's 

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wealthiest person, has continued
to shake things up since 

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acquiring the platform in 
October of 2022. 

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From firing top executives to 
laying off a large percent of 

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the personnel and even bringing 
in former NBC Universal Ed boss 

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Ledi Yakorino as CEO, Musk's 
vision for X has been ambitious.

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However, these changes haven't 
been without controversy, and 

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this latest week raises new 
questions about our control and 

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privacy on the platform. 
It reflects Musk's hands on 

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approach as he continues to 
oversee X's product and 

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technology teams, with Yakorino 
focusing on advertising and 

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business operations and 
Twitter's rival Blue Sky faced 

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performance challenges. 
After Elon Musk's announcement 

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concerning his own social media 
platform A Musk declared that X 

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will abandon the block feature, 
and following this declaration, 

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Blue Sky users encountered 
slowed load times and other 

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errors in the site status page 
showed signs of performance 

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issues. 
Now, this incident comes at a 

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time when Blue Sky has often 
found itself dealing with an 

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influx of users in response to 
Twitter's unpopular changes. 

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And while Blue Sky's team has 
not yet confirmed the exact 

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cause of these recent issues, 
new registration data on the 

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decentralized platform seems to 
suggest a sudden spike in 

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activity. 
Now, Blue Sky Status Page 

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reported degraded performance in
its personal data server, or 

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PDS, and an investigation was 
underway. 

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This PDS serves as an accounts 
trusted agent within the 

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network, which could explain the
slow load times and other 

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disruptions. 
Now Tech Memes CEO Gabe Rivera 

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added to the story by reporting 
that his new sites were facing 

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difficulties posting the blue 
sky due to timing out when 

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trying to utilize Blue Skies 
APIs and it's a situation 

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unfolded. 
Blue Sky slowly started to 

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resolve these issues. 
The status page was updated, 

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indicating that they had fixed 
the main problem, but that some 

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images may not be loading with a
fix actively in progress. 

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Now on the other side of the 
story, both Blue Sky and Threads

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began trending on X, leading to 
speculations that another 

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migration from Twitter or X the 
Blue Sky could be imminent. 

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As users respond to this news, 
Blue Skies dependence on Twitter

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for user referrals is a 
noteworthy point. 

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Data from similar web shows that
a few months back, 86% of social

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media referrals to Blue Skies 
app website were coming from 

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Twitter. 
This percentage fell to 78.8% 

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over the past 28 days, 
reflecting a shift in user 

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behavior and overall traffic. 
And the complex dynamics between

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these two platforms and how 
users react to changes provides 

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an intriguing look into the 
world of social media 

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competition. 
It serves as a lesson for 

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technology companies about user 
expectations, network 

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resilience, and how changes in 
one platform can send ripples 

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across numerous others. 
Now this incident also brings 

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attention to the nature of 
decentralized platforms like 

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Blue Sky and highlights the 
challenges they can face. 

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The ability to handle surges and
user registrations and activity 

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is crucial for maintaining both 
performance and trust within the

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community. 
Now, thank you for joining us 

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