X drops headlines from articles, as new report details its bleeding ad revenue::Elon Musk’s X revamped its look to eliminate headlines on article links Wednesday, the same day that Reuters reported the platform has seen massive monthly…

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    1 year ago

    What even is the point of this change?! What could it possibly improve?

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      1 year ago

      Probably so people click the link more often to find out what it’s about - which Musk then can take to publishers and say “look how much traffic we generated for you”

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, I see it. Horrible for the users though…