US EditionElon Musk confirms that he’s limiting people’s ability to share outside news on X
- Elon Musk acknowledged that X, formerly Twitter, is deprioritizing link-based posts, affecting the visibility of news articles.
- Musk suggested users write descriptions in main posts and put links in replies to mitigate this issue.
- Paul Graham criticized X's link throttling, stating that it is 'Twitter's biggest flaw.
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26 Articles
Elon Musk Throttles Twitter Outreach with Link Suppression
Many corporations have implemented similar strategies across different platforms over the years, demonstrating so-called ‘pivoting’ towards and against news. Meta provides a prime example of this: it’s not only a colossal tech giant but also quick to identify and adapt when missing an opportunity to cater to a reachable market segment.
Elon Musk, the head of X, formerly known as Twitter, confirmed that the platform restricts traffic to external websites by penalizing posts with outgoing links. This confirmation came after Paul Graham, a leading tech investor, expressed his concern about X’s practice of degrading tweets containing links. Graham highlighted the challenges he faced in tracking progress due to this depriorization. Musk responded by recommending users to integrate …
Elon Musk Shares The Common Mistakes Most Users Make When Posting Links On X
Elon Musk is sharing with the world some inside secrets on how to publish links the right way on X. The tech billionaire went public with how many users fail to post links correctly and therefore don’t get the reach they had envisioned. As per Musk, ‘Lazy Linking’ has become awfully common today and many were baffled as to what that really meant. For those posting on links, you must be aware of how things don’t usually go as planned. The reach i…
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