A glitch on Elon Musk led social media platform X (previously Twitter) has led to the disappearance of photographs and different media posted earlier than 2014. Some indignant customers on X claimed that the latest glitch on X may very well be a part of the cost-cutting measures enacted by Elon Musk’s firm.
In keeping with a report printed in The Verge, the glitch appears to be solely affecting posts previous to December 2014 with connected photographs and hyperlinks that had been transformed utilizing the corporate’s built-in URL shortener.
The glitch on X additionally affected one of the vital 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. Greatest photograph ever.”
In the meantime, the report notes that Barack Obama’s well-known tweet after the 2012 election win is maybe one of many solely posts that haven’t been affected by the glitch. The put up by Obama included a picture that includes him and his spouse Michelle together with the caption, “4 extra years.”
Why are photographs getting deleted on X?
X Corp proprietor Elon Musk or CEO Linda Yaccarino have not formally responded to the studies of a glitch affecting previous tweets but. Nevertheless, The Verge report notes that since solely tweets post-December 2014 are affected, it may very well be associated to modifications made by the social media platform in 2016 when it added ‘enhanced URL enrichment’ as a way to present previews for linked web sites and native attachments which had been past the corporate’s 140 character restrict.
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Up to date: 21 Aug 2023, 09:23 AM IST
