Elon Musk has appeared to confirm that his social media company X, formerly Twitter, throttles traffic to other websites by stifling any posts that contain outside links.

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Greater London

England

United Kingdom

Elon Musk’s Twitter backers gain windfall from xAI deal

Musk suggested to an X user to write a description of the content in the main post and put the link in a reply.

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The Hindu

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India

Elon Musk reveals how to post links on X to get more priority

The Tesla and SpaceX tycoon defended his policy on hyperlinks as a way to stop ‘lazy linking’, but without explaining what that meant

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The Independent

Evgeny Lebedev

Elon Musk confirms that he’s limiting people’s ability to share outside news on X

If you've noticed fewer news stories while scrolling through X, there may be a simple reason: the platform is actively limiting its visibility on your feed. Elon Musk appeared to confirm this on November 24 when he replied to a user on X - the site formerly known as Twitter - who claimed that the platform throttled posts containing links. This would likely result in fewer articles from actual news sources appearing in your feed. Paul Graham, a w…

NDTV

Independent Media

Gautam Adani

New Delhi

Delhi Division

Delhi

Elon Musk Hints X Is Making It Harder For People To Read News

X owner Elon Musk has implied that the platform throttles the reach of posts, including links to external sites, to keep users from leaving.

Washington Times

The Washington Times LLC

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Musk hints that X de-prioritizes links to keep users on platform

Hard times for the humble hyperlink and those who depend on it.

The Washington Post

Jeff Bezos

Analysis | Musk admits X throttles links as ‘news influencers’ take over

Elon Musk says we're doing links wrong on Twitter/X.Marc Piasecki/Getty ImagesElon Musk says a lot of us are doing it wrong when it comes to posting links on X.He says people should write a description in their main post, followed by the link in a reply.Musk says this will stop "lazy linking." If you have any idea what that even means, please let me know!For anyone who posts links to X, it's been intuitively clear that since Elon Musk took over,…

Business Insider

Elon Musk acknowledges something that was obvious about the new Twitter: It's no longer a good place for links.

Elon Musk with his new post identifies with Leonidas of Sparta or better with the Leonidas of the Hollywood film

Ο Έλον Μασκ με νέα του ανάρτηση ταυτίζεται με τον Λεωνίδα της Σπάρτης ή καλύτερα με τον Λεωνίδα της χολιγουντιανής ταινίας

Μασκ: Την είδε... Λεωνίδας που υπερασπίζεται το Χ από τους εχθρούς

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Musk: He saw her... Leonidas defending X from the enemies

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George Takei Asks If He Is Being Throttled on X and the Responses Are GOLD

Photo by: Britta Pedersen/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Elon Musk confirmed that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X in a revelation that renews criticism that the platform is restricting the visibility of and access to external sources of information. User Paul Graham, who has nearly two million followers, blasted “Twitter’s biggest flaw” was the “deprioritization of tweets with links in them” in a complaint posted…

Mediaite

Dan Abrams

Elon Musk Admits X is Throttling Links — Effectively Limiting People From Reading News

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Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”  —  Elon Musk confirmed that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X in a revelation that renews criticism that the platform …

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Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”

Elon Musk confirms that he’s limiting people’s ability to share outside news on X

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