Another big change that no one asked for was X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
X is planning Redesign How content appears in user feeds by removing interaction and engagement buttons from posts. This means that the retweet (aka retweet), like, and reply buttons will no longer appear on each individual post on a user’s X timeline.
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As the button is removed, the retweet, like, and reply counts will also be removed from each individual post.
X wants users to swipe left or right on a post to like or reply, rather than clicking a button. X for iOS users can also force-touch a post to open a menu with more options.
The only visible metric for a post in the timeline will be the number of views, which has been moved Go to the top right corner of the post.
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The upcoming X-pillar design changes were first spotted by MacRumors researcher Aaron Perris. X owner Elon Musk has since confirmed its arrival.
So far, most user reactions have been negative.
“This is awesome,” Musk said in reply One user criticized the change in a reply to a video showing the redesign. “Just swipe left to like and swipe right to reply.”
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Musk has long wanted to remove retweets, like buttons
Since acquiring the company in October 2022, Musk has made quite a few sweeping changes to the platform then known as Twitter. The most obvious change is the name of the service. Musk fall Last summer, “X” was replaced by “Twitter.”
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The platform’s most recent major change came last month, when Musk received the most “likes” on the platform private. Previously, users could click Like Count and see a list of users who liked a post. Now, only the user who posted the post can see which users liked it. Third parties can no longer see who likes what.
Now, as Musk confirmed to remove the retweet and like buttons from the post, he’s making another change he’s been wanting to make.
“Next, we will remove all action buttons and their redundant interaction counts from the main timeline,” Musk said release In a subscriber-only post on X last October. “Only the number of views will be shown unless you click on the post.”
It’s worth noting that in the same month, Musk also had X developers Remove headlines from the article link shared in the post because he didn’t like the aesthetics of it. This change was also severely criticized by X users.
Less than two months later, X ended Back in the headlines A post that contains links to articles, albeit with a slightly different design.
If removing retweets and like buttons would have disastrous consequences, will we see the same thing happen? That seems to be the case.
Replying to one of his biggest supporters on X who advocated giving the change a chance, Musk confirmed that if it didn’t work out, they would change it back.
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“If it’s too bad, they’ll change it back,” user X said.
“Yes,” Replied Musk.
