’My eyes are bleeding’: Elon Musk decrees removal of bold and italics fonts from X timeline. Here’s why

X owner Elon Musk, in a recent post, informed about the removal of bold, italics and other types of formatting from X's (formerly Twitter) main timeline. However, the removal of these fonts is only for X main timeline, and users will still be able to see these formatting when they click on the post details. 

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Musk while stating that there has been an excessive use of bold font on X, wrote, “Due to immediate and excessive use of bold font on 𝕏, it will be removed from view in the main timeline. You will have to click on post details to see anything in bold. My eyes are bleeding.”

The billionaire added that bold, italics and other formatting are being misused for ‘engagement farming’. Musk wrote, “Same goes for italics and any other formatting. They are being abused for engagement farming.” 

X makes major changes for blocked users:

A recent change to X has also meant that blocked users will now be able to see posts from the person they've been blocked by, but they won't be able to interact with those posts.

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In contrast, under the previous system, blocked users would only receive a 'you're blocked' message when they tried to view the profile of someone they had been blocked by. They also won't be able to see replies, followers and other profile details about that person.

In response to a post explaining the reasoning behind the change, Musk wrote: "High time this happened... The block feature will prevent that account from engaging with public posts, but will not prevent them from seeing public posts".