X drops headlines from articles, as new report details its bleeding ad revenue::Elon Musk’s X revamped its look to eliminate headlines on article links Wednesday, the same day that Reuters reported the platform has seen massive monthly…

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    1 year ago

    The change had been expected, with Musk tweeting in August: “This is coming from me directly. Will greatly improve the esthetics.”

    Yeah… we figured it’s his doing, since it’s a terrible decision.

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      Probably hoping that if they remove titles they can remove context from the link, trying to goad people into click-throughs. Pretty poor experience for the users I’d argue