As soon as they arrived, as soon as they left. Twitter has decided to reset the titles of news articles when a link is shared, The Verge reports on Wednesday, January 3. An incorporation that is accompanied by a change in the display with respect to the presentation of titles previously in force on the platform.
These now appear in the form of small white characters on a black background embedded in the bottom left corner of the image. The platform shortens them if they are too long, specifies the American media, supporting the screenshot. Against all odds, the return of this functionality was announced on November 23 by Elon Musk in a post on Twitter.
The radical change of Twitter
However, surprisingly, these new titles, visible only on the web version of the social network, disappeared as quickly as they appeared, indicates The Verge. A situation that could be explained by the fact that the functionality is not yet implemented on a global scale, the media specifies.
9to5google For its part, it provokes negative reactions from the public towards this new format. However, the media says it does not know if this is the reason why Twitter eliminated it and if the platform intends to reintroduce it in the future.
Twitter has stopped showing titles Press articles from last year about Elon Musk’s decision. At the time, the owner of Tesla justified himself by explaining that eliminating it would help “improve the aesthetics” of the platform.
Source: BFM TV
