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X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in domain names, breaking legit URLs (mashable.com)
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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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[-] Dultas@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I wonder if they were also lazy (or dumb) enough to only do .com? Would for example .co.uk be renamed as well?

[-] arin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Imaging paying 50 billion for a company and being too cheap to keep their old domain name

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[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

ECKS

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Let's see if Antonio Bandaras and Lucy Liu are up for a sequel.

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