X users are still experiencing having their accounts flagged with a “temporary label” and facing restrictions without understanding why.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024X is rolling out private likes - what users like on the platform will be hidden by default. Owner Elon Musk said that it was important to allow people to like posts without getting attacked for doing so. Users will still be able to see who liked their posts and the like count for all posts.
X is redesigning its user interface by removing the repost, like, and reply buttons from individual posts, replacing them with swipe gestures to interact. This change, confirmed by Elon Musk, will also eliminate interaction counts, leaving only the view count visible on posts. Users have generally reacted negatively to these changes, but Musk has indicated a willingness to revert if the new design fails.
X is redesigning its platform by removing repost, like, and reply buttons from posts, replacing them with swipe gestures while keeping only the view count visible, despite negative user feedback.
X is planning to launch at least 3 new features across the platform that are powered by Grok. These include an "Ask Grok" prompt on highlighted text, a "More about this account" prompt, and a "Grok drawer” that allows users to access Grok anywhere on X. These features will likely only be available to X Premium subscribers.
Elon Musk has announced that his AI company is training its Grok LLM using a powerful AI training cluster, aiming to create the most powerful AI by December. X is collecting user data by default to train Grok. This can be disabled via a setting only available on the web app. There are concerns about AI 'inbreeding' and chatbots reaching their peak amid growing discussions on AI data usage and potential regulatory impacts.
X is closing its San Francisco headquarters and relocating employees to the South Bay near Palo Alto and San Jose, California.
X is considering a controversial design change that would remove the like, comment, and repost buttons, as well as their counts, from replies to posts. This potential update, discovered in the X for iOS app code, would alter how replies appear without affecting engagement metrics when viewing the original post. The change could significantly impact the "ratio" culture, where replies to unpopular posts often outperform the original in terms of likes and reposts.