Twitter/X allows people you have blocked to see your posts again

Elon Musk announced upcoming changes to the block functionality in a post on the social network. Saying“The Block function will prevent this account from participating in public posts but will not see them.”

Previously, when users blocked a user or account, that party not only couldn’t reply to tweets or mention the user, but they also couldn’t see what the user posted at all.

Musk has never been a big fan of the block button. Last year he said the function “makes no sense” and must be “devalued in favor of a stronger form of muting.” At one point he also said threatened to completely unblock usersexcept in direct messages.

Part of Musk’s criticism of the feature was that it wasn’t effective at blocking a specific user from following you and seeing your tweets, because the person could simply create an anonymous account to view your tweets. (Of course, with the blocking policy changes, the same method would allow trolls and spammers to post on people’s accounts.)

However, opening a separate account to follow someone who has blocked you takes some effort. And for most people who rely on the blocking feature to filter out harassment, simply blocking a user is enough.

It is unclear whether the changes Musk is now discussing are compatible with Apple’s App Store Policieswhich require social networks to “offer the possibility of excluding abusive users from the service.”

The changes to block functionality are just the latest in a long line of optimizations that Musk has overseen at the company. Others are Prevent users from seeing who liked something their posts. The blue check mark that used to verify a user’s identity as authentic has become a badge for paying users and of course the Name and logo change for the company.