{"id":32377,"date":"2024-06-13T19:40:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T10:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=32377"},"modified":"2024-06-13T19:40:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T10:40:04","slug":"stellar-blade-creator-is-angry-with-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/stellar-blade-creator-is-angry-with-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellar Blade creator is angry with Elon Musk\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The director of Stellar Blade took to X (formally Twitter) today to express his annoyance at Elon Musk. More specifically, it seems that Hyung Tae Kim does not approve of the social media platform\u2019s latest change to say the least.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elon Musk has done the ultimate asshole move by making it impossible to see people&#39;s \u300cLikes\u300d. I don&#39;t know what he thinks of the connectivity and scalability of social media.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/X?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#X<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Twitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Twitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Likes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Likes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ssibal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ssibal<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kim Hyung Tae, \uae40\ud615\ud0dc, \u30ad\u30e0\u30fb\u30d2\u30e7\u30f3\u30c6 (@jamm3rd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamm3rd\/status\/1801105843611701500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The X engineering team released a statement on Tuesday explaining that X post \u201cLikes\u201d are being made private with the aim of better protecting user privacy. Even though you can still see who liked your posts, you can no longer see who has liked other people\u2019s posts. This follows the platform\u2019s other recent change to allow consensually produced adult content that is properly labelled and not prominently displayed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This week we\u2019re making Likes private for everyone to better protect your privacy.<br><br>\u2013 You will still be able to see posts you have liked (but others cannot).<br><br>\u2013 Like count and other metrics for your own posts will still show up under notifications.<br><br>\u2013 You will no longer see who\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Engineering (@XEng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XEng\/status\/1800634371906380067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding \u201cLikes\u201d being made private, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1800601849973576068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a> that it\u2019s \u201cImportant to allow people to like posts without getting attacked for doing so!\u201d However, the move to hide \u201cLikes\u201d has been widely criticized with users voicing concerns that it not only removes the basic reason for people liking things (i.e. To show others that they agree with something) but also makes it harder for users to decide who they want to follow or associate with. Many people, including Hyung Tae Kim have also opined that it will impact the social connectivity aspect of the platform- as people will no longer be able to follow each other\u2019s \u201cLikes\u201d to find new content.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kim also directly replied to Elon Musk in the post below, suggesting that hiding &#8220;Likes&#8221; should be an option, not the default:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why not vote for your favorite? <br>1. allow users to hide Likes as an option if they want.<br>2. make everyone&#39;s likes meaningless.<\/p>&mdash; Kim Hyung Tae, \uae40\ud615\ud0dc, \u30ad\u30e0\u30fb\u30d2\u30e7\u30f3\u30c6 (@jamm3rd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamm3rd\/status\/1801111893672943653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stellar Blade is available for the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/product\/UP9000-PPSA13196_00-STELLARBLADE0000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS5<\/a>.&nbsp; An <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/stellar-blades-director-says-an-extensive-photo-mode-and-even-more-costumes-are-on-the-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extensive photo mode for the game<\/a> is still in the works.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stellar Blade director and Shift Up CEO Hyung Tae Kim took to X to disagree with the recent change to the social media platform&#8217;s Likes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":32380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-32377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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