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Re: Tell HN: Twitter Domain Redirecting to X

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I'm constantly getting Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot. Firefox’s Enhanced Tracking Protection (Strict Mode) is known to cause issues on x.com Edit: kinda makes the whole "we didn't change our privacy policy" kinda sus lmao.

More likely to be due to a mistake not caught in QA.

But they had to code that warning message about Firefox... so they did know about it

Re: Tell HN: Twitter Domain Redirecting to X

#13

I can’t believe it took them this long to figure out how to change their root domain; it’s been quite some time since their official name change.

Probably says something about how things were done in Twitter v1

Does it? I’d say the more likely commentary is that if you fire all your engineers you lose all of the institutional knowledge.

Re: Tell HN: Twitter Domain Redirecting to X

#14

I can’t believe it took them this long to figure out how to change their root domain; it’s been quite some time since their official name change.

It is somewhat ironic that one bad decision (firing everyone) has delayed the impact of another bad decision (surely the worst rebrand since, at least, New Coke).

Re: Tell HN: Twitter Domain Redirecting to X

#15

I can’t believe it took them this long to figure out how to change their root domain; it’s been quite some time since their official name change.

Probably says something about how things were done in Twitter v1

... MuskTwitter being completely unable to do anything says stuff about _pre_-MuskTwitter? That's some impressive blame-shifting.

Re: Tell HN: Twitter Domain Redirecting to X

#16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably says something about how things were done in Twitter v1

Does it? I’d say the more likely commentary is that if you fire all your engineers you lose all of the institutional knowledge.

They have been able to ship a lot more features than previously, with 20% of the staff.

Re: Tell HN: Twitter Domain Redirecting to X

#17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably says something about how things were done in Twitter v1

... MuskTwitter being completely unable to do anything says stuff about _pre_-MuskTwitter? That's some impressive blame-shifting.

“Completely unable” is wrong since it actually happened.

Re: Tell HN: Twitter Domain Redirecting to X

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it? I’d say the more likely commentary is that if you fire all your engineers you lose all of the institutional knowledge.

They have been able to ship a lot more features than previously, with 20% of the staff.

Which features have they shipped since the layoffs?

Re: Tell HN: Twitter Domain Redirecting to X

#19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have been able to ship a lot more features than previously, with 20% of the staff.

Which features have they shipped since the layoffs?

From the top of my head: large-format posts, spaces, improvements in video hosting (can post multiple hours), community notes is now an integral part, premium accounts.

Re: Tell HN: Twitter Domain Redirecting to X

#20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which features have they shipped since the layoffs?

From the top of my head: large-format posts, spaces, improvements in video hosting (can post multiple hours), community notes is now an integral part, premium accounts.

> large-format posts, spaces, improvements in video hosting (can post multiple hours), community notes is now an integral part, premium accounts.

All features that existed before the change in ownership. They had increases in length or branding changes but already had the core framework implemented.

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