X (previously Twitter)– the microblogging platform owned by Elon Musk – is claimed to growing a function that will let customers disable hyperlinks within the replies of their posts, in accordance with claims by an app researcher on social media. It’s speculated to help in decreasing spam hyperlinks posted in replies to posts on the platform by introducing the flexibility to natively block hyperlinks. Notably, X was additionally just lately reported to be engaged on a ‘dislike’ button for the iOS app, permitting customers to downvote replies.
Disabling Hyperlinks in Replies on X
The invention was made by impartial app researcher Nima Owji (@nima_owji) with a observe document of unearthing unreleased options on X. In a publish on the platform, Owji revealed that X could permit customers to disable hyperlinks in publish replies by way of a examine mark. A screenshot shared by the person suggests it seems below the Solely accounts you point out banner.
Replying to a subsequent quoted publish, Christopher Stanley, a Safety Researcher at X, confirmed its authenticity. “My crew constructed this”, Stanley wrote.
It’s simply one of many options that X is reported to be growing because it goals to understand Elon Musk’s imaginative and prescient of turning into an “every little thing app” that may do every little thing, from messaging to funds, much like China’s WeChat. The platform was rebranded from Twitter to X final yr, changing the enduring ‘Larry the Chook’ emblem with a easy ‘X’.
Beforehand reported under-development options of X embody in-app forex which content material creators can earn on the platform – an extension to the present tipping options on X. Nonetheless, it hasn’t made its approach onto the platform but.
Hidden Likes Tab
Along with growing the flexibility to disable hyperlinks in replies, X additionally launched an enormous change final yr when it eliminated the Likes tab from the profile, albeit for X Premium subscribers solely. Nonetheless, earlier this yr, Haofei, an engineer at X, introduced that the tab would quickly be hidden for everybody to forestall folks from feeling “discouraged” once they like sure content material. Following the change, solely the writer would know when somebody has appreciated their publish.
