The days of the “@(username) has blocked you” page appear to be over, as X owner Elon Musk has announced new changes to the platform’s blocking feature that will allow blocked users to see posts from the account that blocked them.
Blocked accounts will still be unable to interact with those accounts, but will be able to see their posts. X’s sources told The Verge that the new Block Access feature is being implemented because users can still view and interact with already blocked accounts by switching to an unblocked account.
Musk has wanted to disable X’s blocking feature for some time. Over a year ago, he expressed his dislike for X (specifically Twitter) blocking outside of direct messages. He wrote that blocking was being “removed as a ‘feature'” and that it “doesn’t make sense.”
Last May, X’s engineering account announced that it would be implementing the blocked viewers change to its platform, without specifying a specific implementation or rollout date. The post said that the change would be implemented to allow users with blocked accounts to “identify and report potentially harmful content that they were previously unable to view.”
