Social media updates and features to know this week

Updates from X, YouTube, LinkedIn and more.
As we lumber out of the election and into the end-of-year holiday rush, we’ve got a light week of updates – but still some significant changes. From X block updates going into effect to YouTube rebranding “comments,” let’s see what we’ve got.
X
X has at last instituted an Elon Musk-driven change to how the block feature functions. The previously announced change means that users can still see posts from users who hav