Ben Hylak proposes X implement default block lists after Han Wang publicly shamed a job seeker
Story Overview
After Han Wang shared private DMs to publicly shame a job seeker who had just left Nyne AI and criticized Mintlify, Ben Hylak jumped in with a concrete suggestion: X should ship with a preset list of blocked accounts to head off unwanted pings before they start.
Defaults might blunt the pile-on
Hylak's idea frames the incident as a symptom of missing platform guardrails rather than isolated bad behavior, positioning default blocks as a low-friction way to reduce spam-style outreach and the messy screenshots that follow.
Next moves remain anyone's guess
Nothing in the exchange shows X planning to adopt preset blocks, and the exact back-and-forth that sparked Wang's reply stays one-sided in public view, leaving the feature's odds and the individuals' fallout as open questions.
Many users praised the CEO's blunt rejection of a job inquiry after the applicant left Nyne AI as honest and savage, while others insulted the seeker or dismissed a related X blocked-accounts feature suggestion.
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i would say this destroyed milo’s whole career but he didn’t have one to begin with
@mil000 Then stop asking for a job
my favorite type of CEOs
@mil000 Then stop asking for a job
@handotdev @mil000 bro pulled up the docs
@handotdev @ay_ushr @mil000 Was wondering what it was going to be, makes sense lol
@arlanr @handotdev Sorry I wanted a job back in March 😭
@handotdev @mil000 😭😭😭ts guy
@handotdev @mil000 do we have to call the fire department to milo's house
because he's COOKED
@handotdev @shardul_mane @mil000 Milo*
@handotdev @mil000 >documentation company >has documentation
x the everything app
i would say this destroyed milo’s whole career but he didn’t have one to begin with
@handotdev @never_settles_ @mil000 that’s my ceo
@handotdev @mil000 Crazy that I think Milo’s post had more likes before you replied with this. You ratio’d him so hard people took back their likes
@handotdev @mil000 This is maximum aura loss…. Milo flew too close to the sun and got torched.
They’re may be no coming back from this one 😭
@handotdev @mil000 Just witnessed an aura murder on the tl
@handotdev @mil000 exceptional
@handotdev @mil000 I don't need to unmute the guy to know what this is.
@handotdev @mil000 This post deserves ratio more than any I’ve seen recently
@mil000 @arlanr @handotdev Cuck
@biraj21_ i allow myself to be mean once per quarter
@handotdev @mil000 lol