X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in domain names, breaking legit URLs - Lemmy.World

On Monday, it appears X attempted to encourage users to cease referring to it as Twitter and instead adopt the name X. Some users [https://twitter.com/t3dotgg/status/1777425000133468582] began noticing [https://twitter.com/___frye/status/1777432913497465082] that posts viewed [https://twitter.com/__justplaying/status/1777433986500853845] via X for iOS were changing [https://twitter.com/luzfic/status/1777417205992562873] any references [https://twitter.com/Arcticstar0/status/1777554091604103486] of “Twitter.com [http://Twitter.com]” to “X.com [http://X.com]” automatically. If a user typed in “Twitter.com [http://Twitter.com],” they would see “Twitter.com [http://Twitter.com]” as they typed it before hitting “Post.” But, after submitting, the platform would show “X.com [http://X.com]” in its place on the X for iOS app, without the user’s permission, for everyone viewing the post. And shortly after this revelation, it became clear that there was another big issue: X was changing anything ending in “Twitter.com [http://Twitter.com]” to “X.com [http://X.com].”