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Elon Musk does huge U-turn; says will bring back news headlines from link previews on X
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Elon Musk does huge U-turn; says will bring back news headlines from link previews on X

[ad_1] Elon Musk has announced that news articles shared on X (formerly Twitter) will once again feature headlines, instead of just the image in the URL card. This move has reversed his controversial decision from October 2023, when he removed headlines from news articles shared on the platform to reduce the height of the preview window and improve the aesthetics. At the time, many users complained that it would be difficult to contextualize the content of a URL with just the header image.Musk made the announcement yesterday in a post on X where he said, “In an upcoming release, X will overlay title in the upper portion of the image of a URL card”. Interestingly, the reversal will not put the headline back to its original position but at the top of the link preview window, as per the po...
Elon Musk wants to hide news headlines from link previews on Twitter
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Elon Musk wants to hide news headlines from link previews on Twitter

[ad_1] It appears that the ‘block' is not the only Twitter (now X) feature whose future is in jeopardy. After expressing his views on how blocking users is pointless and suggesting he may take away this feature, company owner Elon Musk is targetting the headlines on link previews, as per reports. At present, a large number of news organizations share their articles on X. While sharing the articles, the platform generates a link preview that contains the image, URL, headline, and a short summary. But soon, the headline might be gone to reduce the height of the preview window.Fortune viewed material that revealed that this change is directly being pushed by Musk. The report cited unnamed sources who said, “It's something Elon wants. They were running it by advertisers, who didn't like it,...