X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in users' posts, breaking legit URLs
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On Monday, it appears X attempted to encourage users to cease referring to it as Twitter and instead adopt the name X. Some users began noticing that posts viewed via X for iOS were changing any references of “Twitter.com” to “X.com” automatically.

If a user typed in “Twitter.com,” they would see “Twitter.com” as they typed it before hitting “Post.” But, after submitting, the platform would show “X.com” in its place on the X for iOS app, without the user’s permission, for everyone viewing the post.

And shortly after this revelation, it became clear that there was another big issue: X was changing anything ending in “Twitter.com” to “X.com.”

  • Hypx@fedia.io
    5·
    7 months ago

    People need to stop using Twitter. It’s like trying to using AOL or whatever now. It’s basically a dead product.

        • dezmd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          01·
          7 months ago

          AIM using Pidgin client when not on IRC with mIRC or X-Chat. MSN Messenger was never even on the list.

          /gatekeeps 00s IMs ;)

  • DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0·
    7 months ago

    I don’t get why he’s so stubborn on X dot com being a thing. Especially since when I hear dot com I think of the 90s or early 2000s, and specifically the dot com bubble.

    x.social or x.net sound way cooler tbh.