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X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in domain names, breaking legit URLs (mashable.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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On Monday, it appears X attempted to encourage users to cease referring to it as Twitter and instead adopt the name X. Some users began noticing that posts viewed via X for iOS were changing any references of "Twitter.com" to "X.com" automatically.

If a user typed in "Twitter.com," they would see "Twitter.com" as they typed it before hitting "Post." But, after submitting, the platform would show "X.com" in its place on the X for iOS app, without the user's permission, for everyone viewing the post.

And shortly after this revelation, it became clear that there was another big issue: X was changing anything ending in "Twitter.com" to "X.com."

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 7 months ago (3 children)

When Elon stops allowing deadnaming on Twitter, I'll stop deadnaming his website.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The only kind of reverse deadnaming that is ethical

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I’ve been dead naming Puff Daddy since he first tried to change his name to Diddy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Isnt his name K Diddler now?

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