By Andrea Hargraves 
Technology expert Tom Coates is among Elon Musk’s X platform users who have identified the X network flaw.
These are posts with photos and videos made before December 2014 where links It started giving an error.
Coates referred to the glitch as Musk’s “sabotage” and suggested it could be part of a “cost-saving operation”.
More vandalism than @tweet. Twitter has now removed all media posted prior to 2014. That’s — so far — nearly a decade’s worth of photos and videos from the early 2000s have been removed from the service.
For example, this is a search for my tweets on media before 2014. https://t.co/FU6K34oqmA
– Tom Coates (@tomcoates) August 19, 2023
known Photograph By Ellen DeGeneres at the 2014 Academy Awards is one example of a failure. The photo is the most tweeted post from the previous Twitter on the platform. She owns more than two million shares. The mentioned post from 2014 has disappeared or been removed. However, he ends up getting it back later.
a tweet Former US President Barack Obama, after winning the 2012 elections, remained on the podium.
Some users who have spotted the bug are speculating about the alleged cause. They point the finger at Elon Musk, the owner of the platform, claiming that he made an effort to save on data storage costs.
Others have attributed this glitch to changes made to the platform in 2016, when it added “enhanced URL optimization” designed to show page views. websites Links and attachments that exceed the company’s 140-character limit, per the edge .
Musk has already toned down the criticism, stressing that “the sad truth is, there aren’t any big social networks right now.”
The sad truth is that there are no great “social networks” right now.
We may fail, as many predicted, but we will do everything we can to achieve at least one.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 19, 2023
The glitch follows reports last week that indicated X had reached others websites in middle Social slowed down.
This information transfer included access to the Facebook Meta platforms, Threads, and Instagram.
It also showed a five-second delay links For some websites News outlets such as The New York Times and Reuters.
Earlier this year, several users revealed that they could not message each other or even post.
according to Watchmanthese accounts started getting notifications letting them know that it is Over the daily limit for sending tweets. Direct messages didn’t work either.