A scammer's dream and a disaster waiting to happen.

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.”

  • takeda@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    3 months ago

    I am so puzzled by this. I’ve been using the Internet for 30 years, and in early 2000 people were much more standing up to principles. The greatest example was when digg changed how it operated with v4, people left it overnight. Now they prefer to be fucked over and don’t have any intention of changing it, and excuses are really lame like “alternatives are too hard”.

    I think Yuval Harari was right and social media figured out how to hack our brains and control us.

    • puppy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      271·
      3 months ago

      It’s not only laymen either. I have Software Engineering friends who continue to use Twitter because RSS, Mastodon or any other alternative is “hard”. They have no core values or integrity whatsoever.

      • laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        79·
        3 months ago

        Why are they your friends, then?

        Edit: I should have added more context. I’m not saying you shouldn’t be friends with Twitter users. I was referring to this:

        They have no core values or integrity whatsoever.

        I wouldn’t want to be friends with someone with “no integrity whatsoever.”

        • mark@programming.devEnglish
          34·
          3 months ago

          I really hope this is sarcasm. I couldn’t imagine basing my friendships solely on whether or not they use Twitter.

          • laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            3 months ago

            No, that’s not what I meant, though I’ve updated my original comment to add more context.

            OP wrote:

            They have no core values or integrity whatsoever.

            Well, fuck that. Don’t be “friends” with people like that.

    • olympicyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      Reddit already existed and was a better option than Digg v3, sort of like how Digg was more useful than Fark for many. I don’t think there is a good replacement for Twitter yet because the people that create the best content are addicted to it.