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    X reportedly deletes images and links posted before 2014
    Photos and links from 2011 to 2014 have been removed

    X reportedly deletes images and links posted before 2014

    By Akash Pandey
    Aug 20, 2023
    11:35 am

    What's the story

    Twitter underwent a series of radical changes while transitioning to X.

    The social media platform now appears to have deleted all images posted before 2014.

    Links that were shortened using X's native service are also broken.

    It's unclear whether this is an error or an intentional clearance. However, it certainly concerns users who have been active on the platform for over a decade.

    Details

    The news initially went viral on Saturday

    On Saturday, an X user named Tom Coates tweeted about the photo/link deletions through a series of posts stating that the data was removed and replaced with a dead link.

    The deletion could be an error, and things might be restored at some point. However, whether by accident or intentionally, it's safe to assume that the platform isn't getting any more stable over time.

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    Twitter Post

    Take a look at the post from Coates

    More vandalism from @elonmusk. Twitter has now removed all media posted before 2014. Thats - so far - almost a decade of pictures and videos from the early 2000s removed from the service.

    For example, here’s a search of my media tweets from before 2014. https://t.co/FU6K34oqmA

    — Tom Coates (@tomcoates) August 19, 2023
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    Scenario

    Old images and links are no longer functional

    The images and links before 2014 no longer work on X, and it appears that the issue could be due to the platform's new link-shortening domain.

    Earlier, when support for native image uploads was introduced, image-hosting services like TwitPic were shut down, making users lose access to images from the early days.

    Now, pictures posted directly on the platform appear to be in jeopardy.

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    Theories

    What are the theories suggested by users?

    According to a few users on the Reddit forum Datahoarder, X has broken something in an effort to migrate the domain. It's also possible that the redirect from http to https was broken in the process.

    Another widely held belief is that X is trying to save money on image hosting fees.

    Some users claim that it's a bug rather than an intentional sabotage.

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