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X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014 (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014::Ellen’s famous ‘most retweeted’ selfie from the 2014 Oscars has had its image restored, but most old tweets have broken short links instead of the media or links that should be there.

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[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 100 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Is anyone still on twitter? Why?

[–] FLX@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago

Because of this fucking online press embedding tweets into every article, even weather reports

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Momentum. It's still the most popular platform for many niches and it will stay popular as long as it's popular....

[–] redwall_hp@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And English speakers are only a fraction of the user base. Current events in the US social media bubble barely penetrate the general public in the US, let alone across international and language barriers.

It's probably the largest social media platform in Japan, for example.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

It's probably the largest social media platform in Japan, for example.

Really? 😯 I'm surprised they don't have a local solution, that's interesting!

[–] HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also reach and variety of users. Bussiness and self-employed people need it.

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you overestimate the user base.

Unless you happen to be in one of the countries or niches where Twitter is really popular, you won't reach a relevant amount of people on there.

[–] HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

That goes without saying, I mean in places like the US/UK/Japan etc, it's useful. Many artists almost depended on it.

[–] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

"It will stay popular as long as it's popular..."

You dont say? Yall are making it popular. If you y'all stopped using it, then it will not be popular and it would die.

[–] superflippy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven’t deleted my account - it’s 17 years old! But I also haven’t posted in a couple months other than saying I’ve moved to Mastodon. I said I’d hold on to the bitter end & I will. I’m not leaving, they’ll have to evict me.

[–] Dee@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not leaving, they’ll have to evict me.

But... Why?

[–] tristan@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago

I can't speak for the previous comment but in my case they wanted me to remove 2fa (or pay to keep it) just to log in

I didn't remove it, and I've never been back

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

shitposting mostly