X stops showing headlines because Elon Musk thinks it will make posts look better

Twitter’s “X” logo on a purple and blue background
Illustration: The Verge

X, formerly Twitter, is no longer showing headlines on articles shared on the platform. Instead, X is only showing the article’s lead image and the domain it will link you to. The change is present on the iOS app for myself and another Verge staffer.

You can see the differences between the X iOS app and X on the web in this comparison image I stitched together:

Screenshots by Jay Peters / The Verge

Screenshots comparing X link previews on iOS (left) and on mobile Safari (right).

I also made a post on X to demonstrate what’s going on.

Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge

This change, while very annoying, doesn’t come as a total surprise. Fortune reported in August that this change was in…

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