Ellen DeGeneres’ 2014 Oscars tweet got its picture back, but most others are still broken.

X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014::Ellen’s famous ‘most retweeted’ selfie from the 2014 Oscars has had its image restored, but most old tweets have broken short links instead of the media or links that should be there.

  • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.deEnglish
    655·
    1 year ago

    Momentum. It’s still the most popular platform for many niches and it will stay popular as long as it’s popular…

    • redwall_hp@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      And English speakers are only a fraction of the user base. Current events in the US social media bubble barely penetrate the general public in the US, let alone across international and language barriers.

      It’s probably the largest social media platform in Japan, for example.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        It's probably the largest social media platform in Japan, for example.

        Really? 😯 I’m surprised they don’t have a local solution, that’s interesting!

      • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I think you overestimate the user base.

        Unless you happen to be in one of the countries or niches where Twitter is really popular, you won’t reach a relevant amount of people on there.

        • HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nlEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          That goes without saying, I mean in places like the US/UK/Japan etc, it’s useful. Many artists almost depended on it.

    • electrogamerman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      “It will stay popular as long as it’s popular…”

      You dont say? Yall are making it popular. If you y’all stopped using it, then it will not be popular and it would die.