Elon Musk-led social media large X (previously Twitter) has acknowledged a serious glitch that precipitated photos and different media hyperlinks previous to 2014 to vanish. The corporate has famous that the bug has been mounted and the difficulty must be totally resolved within the coming days.
X Assist wrote at present, “Over the weekend we had a bug that prevented us from displaying photos from earlier than 2014. No photos or knowledge have been misplaced. We mounted the bug, and the difficulty will likely be totally resolved within the coming days.”
The glitch on X additionally affected one of the crucial well-known tweets on the social media platform by 2014 Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres. Taken after the Oscars, the well-known tweet included a selfie that includes celebrities like Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep amongst others. The comic had posted the 2014 selfies with the caption, “If solely Bradley’s arm was longer. Finest picture ever.”
Curiously, one of many solely posts that wasn’t affected by the ‘bug’ was Barack Obama’s well-known tweet after the 2012 election win. The publish by Obama included a picture that includes him and his spouse Michelle together with the caption, “4 extra years.”
Why have been photos deleted from X (Twitter)?
Earlier experiences famous report notes that since solely tweets post-December 2014 are affected, it could possibly be associated to adjustments made by the social media platform in 2016 when it added ‘enhanced URL enrichment’ with a purpose to present previews for linked web sites and native attachments which have been past the corporate’s 140 character restrict.
The Verge report notes that the bug could possibly be a results of the swap of domains from Twitter.com to X.com.
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Up to date: 22 Aug 2023, 11:09 AM IST
