Elon Musk no longer knows what else to do to make you switch to Bluesky or Mastodon: get ready for the latest (and unpopular) change on Twitter

Attention, things are about to get interesting. Twitter will completely change the functionality of its block button, as confirmed by independent researcher Nima Owji. Soon, when you block an account, it will still be able to see your public tweets, although it won’t be able to interact with you.

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Elon Musk confirmed this news this week, explaining that “the block function will prevent that account from interacting with a public post, but it will not prevent them from seeing it.” In other words, although interaction restrictions will remain, blocked accounts will have visual access to the public content of the people who have blocked them.

Owji points out that blocked users will no longer see the message “You are blocked” when they visit the profile of someone who has blocked them. Instead, they will be able to see the posts like any other user, although without the ability to reply, retweet, or quote those tweets.

As it could not be otherwise, Musk has defended the change, emphasizing that “it was about time this happened.” His stance on this situation is based on the fact that, previously, blocked users could see the tweets of a public account by logging out. Now, Twitter will allow those users to view the tweets without having to resort to any “tricks.”

Although interactions will still be prohibited, this enormous change could severely affect those who use blocking to protect themselves from harassers, as the barriers between blocked users will be much less strict.

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