What happened to Ellen’s Oscar selfie? A glitch on X explained

Iconic selfie is restored but look at the reply link (t.co link) that doesn't work anymore

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is experiencing a glitch that prevents old posts with images or shortened links from displaying properly. The issue was brought to light by Tom Coates on Saturday afternoon and had been noticed by a Brazilian vtuber, @DaniloTakagi, a few days earlier. The glitch seems to affect posts made before December 2014. Videos don't seem to be affected since X added native image support in 2011 and built-in videos in 2016, but links to YouTube and other sites are now broken and show only t.co URLs. 

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Twitch won't let banned users view your streams anymore

Twitch is introducing a new feature that will let streamers block banned users from watching their streams. According to Senior Product Manager Trevor Fisher, streamers can opt to prevent their banned chatters from viewing their stream. He revealed this on Twitch’s Patch Notes podcast. The feature will be available in the next few weeks.

He also explained how the feature would work: “If you ban somebody and they’re currently watching, then the stream playback will be interrupted for them so that they immediately lose the ability to view the stream. And then if you go offline, you stream again, they won’t be able to watch your subsequent streams either until you choose to un-ban them.” This change would apply whether the streamer or a moderator banned the user.

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The end of blocking on X (except for DMs)

The end of blocking on X (except for DMs)

X, the social media platform that Elon Musk bought and renamed from Twitter, will eliminate the option to block other users, except for DMs. Musk, who has wanted to remove the feature for a while, said blocking "makes no sense" and that users should mute instead. The mute option will remain available.

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