Was it that way before Musk bougth Twitter? Or you didn't check before? Also, I'm still confused by what "search for it directly" means. Like, you won't see it

Was it that way before Musk bougth Twitter? Or you didn't check before? Also, I'm still confused by what "search for it directly" means. Like, you won't see it in author's feed at all unless you have an id of that tweet? Can you find it by searching Griffin + Musk in Twitter's search bar?