If you’ve had your X (formerly Twitter) account for over nine years, it’s worth checking your old tweets. Users have observed that photos and links posted before December 2014 have been replaced by dead URLs. One famous example is Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscars selfie in March 2014, which disappeared from her tweet but later reappeared. It’s uncertain whether this is an accident due to technical issues or a deliberate cost-saving measure by X to manage server demand. Elon Musk, the owner of X, has yet to address the issue, but he did mention the possibility of X failing after announcing the removal of the block feature. For newer users, this problem won’t affect you, but if you’ve been on X for a long time and have old tweets with cherished photos, it’s worth checking if they’re still available.
To search for your tweets before December 2014, use the following query in the Twitter search bar: ‘From:[your username] until:2014-01-01’. MailOnline found that some images from before December 2014 were still visible in tweets but took screenshots as a precaution. Additionally, consider downloading your Twitter archive to save your tweets and media. X’s current problem affects posts with images and hyperlinks shortened with Twitter’s URL shortener (t.co). While tweets are still visible, the content within them is not displaying correctly. To download your Twitter archive, go to Twitter Settings, select ‘Your Account,’ and choose ‘Download an archive of your data.’ Follow the instructions provided to obtain a .zip file of your Twitter archive. Although the content appears as URLs, they cannot be clicked, and copying and pasting them into another search bar only leads back to the original tweet.
X user Tom Coates described this issue as ‘more vandalism’ from the Twitter owner and ‘another cost-saving exercise.’ According to Coates, ‘Twitter has now removed all media posted before 2014.’ He emphasized that every image and video has been replaced with broken links. X stated that the missing images are still saved on its servers, but the links are currently broken. Nevertheless, Coates highlighted that the images are effectively deleted from the public internet. It’s unclear whether Musk’s team plans to restore the images, and further information is being sought from the company.
This could be a temporary technical problem for X, as the platform has experienced outages related to site tweaks in the past. Some speculate that the company may not have enough staff to address these issues since Musk took over. Interestingly, Musk openly acknowledged the possibility of X failing, stating that there are currently no great social networks. However, he pledged to try his best to make X successful. Musk’s recent announcement about removing the block feature has drawn criticism, as it could lead to more harassment and unregulated free speech.
Musk became the owner of Twitter in October 2022, changing its name to X with the intention of transforming it into an ‘everything’ app. However, the installation of a shiny ‘X’ logo at the platform’s headquarters in San Francisco was met with complaints from locals and subsequently removed.
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