[3cats-in-a-coat]

The useful part of blocking isn’t reading someone’s content, but being unable to directly react in a discoverable way to it via reply and quote.

[RelativeDelta]

I suspect this is what Musk will undo.

Blocking will become a way to filter out responses you don't like, but others who follow you will still see comments and reactions if they also do not already have a user blocked.