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That's a yikes from me, Elon. When did that change happen? Twitter links are 100% useless now. -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jun 30 '23, 14:06

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I hope it's not a bug because then for sure I'll not risk giving him any clicks anymore. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 30, 17:14
Oh, it applies to all t.co shortened links as well. Hmm, I'd have to consider that for ST, too, otherwise it's a security hole. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 30, 15:14 [mastodon]
test -- (link) - mud Jun 30, 14:13 5
- I saw the Mulaney thing no problem -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 30, 14:18
- If I click it, I get this: -- (pic) - Beryllium Jun 30, 14:14 [Attachment] 3
  - Which is basically what I get when a friend/family sends me an Instagram link (well like 9 out of 10 times, sometimes it works, I dont get it) -- nm - Jovian Jun 30, 14:20 1
    - Yes, that's one reason why I turfed IG links from trying to embed several years ago. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 14:32
  - (And I have twitter embeds disabled on my ST account, so I wouldn't see embeds. But if he breaks embeds, millions of news articles will be busted) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 14:16
There's some suggestion that it's a bug, possibly relating to cutting off the APIs. -- nm* - Reagen Jun 30, 14:10 2
- Distinctly possible. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 30, 14:46
- If it's permanent, I feel like it will push organization that still used it for announcements away - Guigue Jun 30, 14:17
i was able to see the twit link posted this morning, I had deleted my account a month or two ago. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 30, 14:09
all by my design -- nm - Elon Jun 30, 14:08
late last night -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 30, 14:07

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