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X drops headlines from articles, as new report details its bleeding ad revenue (www.marketwatch.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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X drops headlines from articles, as new report details its bleeding ad revenue::Elon Musk's X revamped its look to eliminate headlines on article links Wednesday, the same day that Reuters reported the platform has seen massive monthly...

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably so people click the link more often to find out what it’s about - which Musk then can take to publishers and say “look how much traffic we generated for you”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I see it. Horrible for the users though...