Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter), says the platform might stop showing the number of likes and reposts people get on its timeline.
The tech billionaire spoke at Morgan Stanley’s technology, media, and telecom conference on Wednesday.
According to Reuters, Musk said he feels displaying the like and repost features makes the platform appear untidy.
“The information could visually clutter content on the platform”, he said.
“That is definitely happening. Just view count, as proxy for the other metrics, will show on the timeline,” Musk also wrote on X.
He added that the timeline will continue to display view counts — a feature added after he took over the social platform.
This is not the first time Musk has proposed drastic changes to X since he acquired it in October 2022.
In August 2023, the platform commenced its monthly advert revenue payment scheme for verified content creators.
Musk also announced the removal of the block feature, saying it made “no sense”.
He, however, added that the feature will remain for direct messages.
In February, X introduced the audio and video call features.
On Wednesday, Musk also disclosed that X could soon receive approval for a money transmitter license in New York, putting the platform a step closer to offering payment features.
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