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.”

  • puppy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    261·
    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.