I don't know if it was requested by Musk, but the legend goes that George Hotz made the login popup dismissable in december last year. You could always see a d

I don't know if it was requested by Musk, but the legend goes that George Hotz made the login popup dismissable in december last year. You could always see a direct tweet without login, but his change made it possible to also see timelines or tags or use search. Which is apparently being reverted now.