Elon Musk has introduced that he plans to cover the variety of replies, retweets and likes on posts proven on X/Twitter.

The announcement of his new plans to switch the social media platform comes days after the positioning stopped displaying information story headlines for some customers.

Previous to this newest replace, customers had been capable of see the complete headline – or a headline that had been tailored for social media – above a brief description that offered additional details about the piece in query. These had been referred to as ‘Playing cards‘.

PREVIEW: X will take away the interplay counts (likes, reposts) from the primary timeline, leaving solely view counts. It is possible for you to to see these numbers whenever you faucet right into a publish.

The intent of that is to enhance readability. pic.twitter.com/RMbypx3bwh

— X Information Every day (@xDaily) October 6, 2023

Musk revealed the plans to do away with the motion buttons on a subscriber-only publish to the platform.

It learn: “These ugly URL playing cards with repetitive textual content had been making my eyes bleed. So significantly better now! Subsequent, we’ll take away all of the motion buttons with their superfluous interplay counts from the primary timeline. Simply view rely will present, until you faucet right into a publish. It will drastically enhance readability.”

That is the most recent slate of updates the tech billionaire is ready to deliver to the platform – which he purchased final 12 months for $44billion.

Final month, he introduced that the positioning will seemingly begin charging its customers. At present, X fees customers for its subscription service X Premium that gives benefits akin to a verified account checkmark. It prices $11 (£8.87) per thirty days within the US for iPhones and £11 per thirty days within the UK.

Though unconfirmed, Musk informed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a gathering {that a} subscription would most likely value “just a few {dollars}” a month for customers [via the Guardian].

Musk defined {that a} paywall would assist the enterprise preserve bots at bay and generate cash misplaced by a “60 per cent” drop in promoting income on the platform.

Elsewhere, the platform was sued below its X Corp title by a Florida-based authorized advertising and marketing firm that claims the platform’s rebrand infringes its trademark.

The lawsuit filed by X Social Media on Monday, October 2 alleges that Musk‘s determination over the summer time to vary Twitter’s title to X has precipitated client confusion, notably over the usage of the letter “X” in its model design.

In authorized paperwork seen and shared by Reuters , representatives of the Florida-based agency X Social Media declare that the title “X Social Media” is owned by the corporate below a trademark and has been working below that title since 2016.

This not the primary time Musk has been sued by an organization or individual. His ex-partner, Grimes, is reportedly suing him over custody rights to their youngest youngster, Techno Mechanicus.

The artist, actual title Claire Boucher, filed a “petition to determine parental relationship” final Friday (September 29), in accordance with TMZ, and claimed that Musk isn’t letting her go to him.