Musk is once again making headlines with his latest overhaul of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. This time, he's removing the familiar repost, like, and reply buttons from users' feeds, aiming to transform how interactions occur on the social media giant. Let's dive into what these changes entail and how users are reacting. A New Way to Interact: Swiping Instead of Tapping In a significant redesign, X is eliminating the repost, like, and reply buttons from individual posts in users' timelines. Instead of tapping on these buttons, users will now need to swipe left or right on a post to interact with it. Specifically, a left swipe will like a post, while a right swipe will enable a reply. For iOS users, a force touch on a post will open a menu with additional options. Additionally, the counts for reposts, likes, and replies will also disappear from the posts. The only metric that will remain visible in the timeline is the view count, which has been relocated ...
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