Elon Musk is making further changes to X this week and some of them are basically a revert back to the old template which didn’t need any change in the first place. If you take a closer look at the social media app on Wednesday morning, you would notice the headlines in stories are showing in the preview format like it used to for many years.
However, we did notice that X on the web client is still showing story links embedded into the clip. We’re not sure if that’s how Musk and Co. intend to keep it or we could expect another update to change the format for the web users as well. Either way, having the old headline format on the mobile app is definitely the right move, and shows the platform didn’t really need to change up things for the sake of it.
Musk had claimed that removing links from the previews will ‘greatly improve aesthetics’ on the platform. For people using Twitter (now X) in a certain way for many years and then suddenly changing the interface did confuse many of them, who weren’t thrilled about the new UI changes.
To be fair, Musk did confirm that X will revert back to the old headline style, which is now reflecting on the front end for all the users. It seems the changes are coming through in a phased manner, because the Android app of X shows the old links format, while those on the web and iOS still see links embedded into the visual.
X is going through a tough time all thanks to Musk publicly slamming companies and advertisers. His move didn’t go down well with brands like Apple who have decided to stop investing in the platform that could have serious ramifications for Musk and Co. as the company he bought 12 months ago is already battling investor concerns and regular devaluation which suggests the $44 billion deal might not have been the a sound business decision from Musk when he decided to buy the platform and change its branding among others.
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