Elon admits to link throttling on X. In response to Paul Graham's complaint about X deprioritizing links, Elon suggested a workaround, inadvertently confirming that posting links on X is a surefire way to kill your engagement.
Elon admits to link throttling on X. In response to Paul Graham's complaint about X deprioritizing links, Elon suggested a workaround, inadvertently confirming that posting links on X is a surefire way to kill your engagement.
The consequence is that people still post links, but just more deceptively. Which PG points out in the replies:
The actual reason for the throttling is that X takes a revenue hit when users click away from the platform.