Luckily, so far, things aren’t as dire as they seem. We might even say it’s beneficial because the new logic of how the lock works gives you a little more control.

How does it work now?

The changes concern the visibility of comments from users who have blocked you.

It’s no secret that any user can go to the page of a person whom he himself has blocked, click on the “View posts” button and read the profile without obstacles and leave comments on posts. The problem is that the account owner does not see these comments due to blocking, they can only notice a new number in the number of comments column.

You will now be able to see the comments under your tweets, even if they were left by the person who blocked you. And this is very logical, because if someone writes a comment, then, firstly, he wants to be seen, and secondly, you, as the owner of the page, should also have the right to know everything that is happening in your personal account. .

If the person who blocked you replies to one of your posts, you can see their reply. This change protects both your account and the overall integrity of our platform by allowing you to detect and report potentially dangerous content that you were previously unable to view.
– says X’s post.

The development team hints that this is not the end. They say it’s just “part of an ongoing effort to bring the blocking function into compliance with public town square principles.” After all, the end goal is to “allow users to control their experience while maintaining the public visibility of posts.”

Currently, the changes to blocking are not as radical as Musk once claimed. He said the public blocking feature “doesn’t make sense” and that “blocking outside of DMs will be removed as a feature.” It is currently unclear whether the social network still has such plans or has changed them after the negative reaction from viewers.