The Twitter thread

[Tiffany]

Yet another screwup from Musk:



Oh dear.

Musk admits X may be doomed to fail as new glitch wipes out pictures from former Twitter platform

Glitch comes after Mr Musk’s X slowed down access to the sites of rival social media platforms

uk.finance.yahoo.com

How does that even happen...the brightest of the brightest, serious IT and dev's and experienced techs. Good grief! Wth?

Good. He deserves to fail.

Agreed, ya don't mess with the mojo.

Musk is slowly killing Twitter, not least because of that stupid rebrand to X. Hopefully, he'll eventually be forced to sell it and someone that knows what they're doing will reverse those changes and bring it back to its former glory. Here's hoping, anyway.

‘Musk destroyed all that’: Twitter’s business is flailing after a year of Elon

Advertisers are spending less, regulators are circling, staff is at less than 50% of what it used to be and user numbers are down

www.theguardian.com

If it will ever recover, Twitter (not calling it X) needs Musk out of it and not even that Linda Yaccarion he appointed as CEO can fix it. She's just as much kryptonite as Musk in my humble opinion.

 

[Tiffany]

Ugh, double posted....

 

[Retro]

This thread hasn't seen action in almost a year, but here's something that's worth talking about, an upcoming update from Musk that's gonna make X even worse: reducing the power of blocking undesirable users.

Just when you thought he couldn’t make it any worse, Elon Musk has delivered.

The owner of X has already run the social media platform that he bought into the ground financially, but he’s still hard at work in the lab hatching up new ways to make it even more unpleasant. His latest innovation: changing the block feature in a way that makes users more vulnerable to harassment and abuse - and generally makes the platform a worse user experience.

Under the previous feature, if you blocked someone, then that account could no longer see your account or your posts or interact with them. Now the block feature is being made softer: If you block an account, it can’t interact with your posts but it can still view your account and posts. It's unclear exactly when the change will take effect throughout the site, but X has been notifying users that it will be changing soon.

Opinion | Why Elon Musk's latest change to X is the last straw for many users

Elon Musk is throwing a tantrum that could get people hurt.

www.msnbc.com

 

[live627]

Nope, is a nothingburger.

 

[Crims]

Taking steps against anonymous? That's new for Elon.

 

[Tiffany]

As I was reading this, I was thinking Google and Apple will have an issue with this change when it comes to X's app requirements by both Google and Apple. Good reporting as the writer made that note:

(A complete ban would likely put X at odds with Apple’s and Google’s app store regulations, which require blocking features for safety purposes on social media platforms.)

I had a mobile app through Apple and the Google Playstore a couple of years ago My report button and blocking buttons had to work a specific way per Google. You had to conform, correct and follow their rules or they would take your app down if you didn't comply immediately. It was so difficult to stay in compliance I closed down my mobile app. Google was merciless, though Apple was much easier to work with.

 

[Retro]

You programmed your own app? Cool! What did it do?

 

[Tiffany]

You programmed your own app? Cool! What did it do?

Oh, you are too kind ...I had devs put it together, but I had to do everything else development wise in the paperwork/information, images and compliance area. It was seriously lengthy for both Apple and Google. It was actually a beautiful app for both Apple and the Google Playstore. I was testing visibility, but actually, the time and money spent to keep it compliant wasn't worth it. Google also keeps your apps in their "basement". New apps have to meet so many requirements to get out of their basement page. Apple does the same, you would actually have to know where to go to find "other" apps. I was seriously discouraged. I wouldn't do that again. Any good platform or script developed today can meet a lot of those requirements out of the box. Of course a platform can up that performance level with mobile app development options to exceed the basic PWA.

 

[Retro]

Ok, so even though you didn't program it, clearly it still took a lot of time and effort to create. But what did it do?

I didn't know about those "basement" and "other" locations. Sounds like their specific purpose is to stop an app from being found from the search box until they're fully satisfied with it.

It's so easy to take an app for granted. It's just an icon that's activated with a single tap, does something (hopefully) useful and is then swiped away without another thought. We don't think of the blood, sweat and tears that often went into it and we're never told either, but every developer will know.

 

[Tiffany]

Ok, so even though you didn't program it, clearly it still took a lot of time and effort to create. But what did it do?

I didn't know about those "basement" and "other" locations. Sounds like their specific purpose is to stop an app from being found from the search box until they're fully satisfied with it.

It's so easy to take an app for granted. It's just an icon that's activated with a single tap, does something (hopefully) useful and is then swiped away without another thought. We don't think of the blood, sweat and tears that often went into it and we're never told either, but every developer will know.

It was for a social website. I was looking for an optimum experience for users beyond the PWA. I thought a mobile version would be nice and maybe attract more visibility. Nope!

Yes, there's lots of regulations, requirements and websites that are new are always on that mysterious page not to be found unless someone knew the name of the website, then you could search for it, find it and download the app. I had two friends that loved the app because they were Apple users. When I dropped the app, they also dropped visiting my website, good grief! Maybe they weren't friends, lol!

It takes daily attention to keep an app working at its optimum and also knowing what both Google and Apple are looking for. Both have varied requirements in comparison.

Thank you for your validation on the life of a webmaster's ups and downs and sometimes the all too much time consume grind it takes to deliver something special. Same for your work on NZ, thank you!!