If you’ve noticed less news while scrolling through X, there may be a simple reason: the platform is actively limiting its visibility on your feed. Elon Musk appeared to confirm this on November 24 when he responded to a user on X – the site formerly known as Twitter – who claimed the platform had stopped posts containing links. This would likely result in it appearing in your feed. of fewer articles from real news sources.

Paul Graham, a well-known figure with around 2 million followers, claimed that “the deprioritization of tweets with links is Twitter’s biggest flaw”, explaining that “what attracts me to Twitter is finding out what’s going on and you can’t do this without links.”

Musk’s response seemed to acknowledge Graham’s concern, suggesting that link posts are indeed deprioritized.

In response, Musk wrote: “Just write a description in the main post and put the link in the reply. This stops the lazy link”.

Just write a description in the main post and put the link in the reply. This only stops lazy linking.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2024

His response echoed previous suggestions that posting content directly on X – such as videos, podcasts and articles – generates better traffic and engagement than sharing links to third-party sites.

However, the user remained unconvinced by this reasoning and wondered why including a link and description in one post was considered “lazy”.

Since the US presidential election that saw the victory of Donald Trump, many users have left X, with a significant number migrating to the rival platform Bluesky. Despite this, many official accounts, celebrities and high-profile users continue to engage on X due to its larger user base.