Social network X continues to make changes, so it will start removing headlines from news articles.
Articles will only appear on users' timelines with a cover photo and URL, while individuals will have to add their own description above the post.
Fortune reported on the planned change, citing an unnamed source, which will change the way news articles appear on the platform.
The text also states that the new change is directly encouraged by the owner of company X, Elon Mask, which he confirmed, reports N1.
"This is coming directly from me. It will significantly improve the aesthetics of the social network," Musk wrote.
Interestingly, Musk also appealed to journalists to directly publish their content on Xu, better known as Twitter, in order to earn more.
"If you are a journalist who wants more freedom in writing and more income, then publish articles directly on this platform," announced Musk.
As Fortune noted, Mask believes articles are taking up too much space on users' timelines, and with the new change, X will be able to reduce the size of tweets, allowing more posts to fit in the same space while helping to curb clickbait.
Until now, new articles appeared as a "tab" on the user's timeline, consisting of an image, a short title and a description.
The format was developed when the tweet limit on X was set to 140 characters, and since the information inside the card was excluded from the character limit, it became an important way to share information on Twitter.
However, monetization of content through subscriptions and ad revenue is only available to content creators and journalists who pay X Blue - an eight-dollar-a-month platform subscription.
Musk is also accused of targeting news outlets and platforms he doesn't like by restricting access to their sites and removing their verified badges, Forbes writes.
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