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The Guardian reports:
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has stopped showing headlines for links posted on the site, after site owner Elon Musk said it would make posts look better.
Links posted on Twitter now appear as the image included in the article, as well as text in the left-hand corner of the image noting the domain of the link. If users want to visit the page, they must click the image, but it only appears slightly different to how images uploaded to the site appear.
Following Forbes reports about the planned change, Musk tweeted: “This is coming from me directly. Will greatly improve the esthetics.” X has become increasingly hostile for news organisations to use since Musk took over nearly one year ago.
Read the full article.
I almost never read legacy news anymore.
What’s the point of reading 1000 words about something that was already posted on 𝕏 several days ago?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 3, 2023
Since Twitter has removed the headlines of articles in its latest terrible change implemented by the world’s dumbest and cosmically inept “genius”, here’s screenshots of the first 4 pages from @RollingStone’s “Twitter Is at Death’s Door, One Year After @elonmusk’s Takeover.” pic.twitter.com/zlFK4X1OG8
— Andrew—Author of America Rises On Substack—Wortman (@AmoneyResists) October 5, 2023
This sure seems like a move right out of the playbook for running Twitter that @oneunderscore__ recently reported on. Removing headlines further reduces the value of Twitter for former “Blue Check” journalists who Musk has so openly despised. https://t.co/vM1tpHjkPa
— steven monacelli is posting
(@stevanzetti) October 4, 2023
you can no longer see the headlines of articles linked on Twitter (X) anymore. It’s just an image. It’s the latest in a long line of dumb changes on this platform https://t.co/ii20NIZXrk
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) October 4, 2023
X (formerly known as Twitter) has removed headlines from posted stories. This means articles shared will now be less clear thanks to the way they are displayed – including this one
https://t.co/TMxFAwK7eX
— Evening Standard (@EveningStandard) October 5, 2023