Does someone blocking you hurt your account?

someone blocked you. now you're wondering if your reach just took a hit 👀

here's what the open-source portion of 𝕏's algo actually does with a block, in simple words.

[you don't have to read the repo yourself. have your AI read it and explain it back to you]

1. IT'S BETWEEN YOU TWO

a block is a two-way wall in the feed:

that part is certain. it happens on every feed load, for both of you.

2. YOUR REACH

the block weight is -31.2.

but it doesn't get subtracted once per block. the weight multiplies a prediction: the chance that a viewer "like them" would block you. so 1 block mostly hides you from people who act like the blocker. not everyone.

for scale, here's where it sits next to the other negative signals:

• block: -31.2
• not interested: -43.2
• mute: -58.8
• report: -234

a block is the lightest of the four.

it also only counts if they blocked you from a post 𝕏 served them in their home timeline. if someone goes straight to your profile, or clicks a link from a group chat, it has no ranking impact. that's why mass-block campaigns don't work anymore.

(blocking from a space most likely doesn't count either, since a space isn't the home timeline.)

3. YOUR ACCOUNT

your blocks are counted as a blocks-per-like rate.

it's measured against your likes from people outside your followers, so 1 block barely does anything.

Example:

• you pick up 300 likes from non-followers this period
• 1 person blocks you
• your rate is roughly 1 in 300, and the code smooths small numbers so a single block can't swing it

mass blockers get filtered out too. 𝕏's abuse-mapping job disregards blocks from anyone who's blocked more than 49 accounts in the past year.

so you get blocked?

tell them: .....🖕🏽.....see ya never! and move on because GOOD RIDDANCE. They weren't your type anyway!

this part of the code is open source. have your llm/agent read it, learn it, understand it then guide you through it: github.com/xai-org/x-algorithm

hope this helps

SEE YOU ON THE NEXT ONE ♡