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I just posted carfatwitter.com on twitter. It did not become carfax.com. What am I missing? Also, the article says: > The domain “ametwitter.com” already red

I just posted carfatwitter.com on twitter. It did not become carfax.com. What am I missing? Also, the article says: > The domain “ametwitter.com” already redirects to the real americanexpress.com. But it does not here.

lolinder 3y ago
Probably that they rolled back the change when it became obvious it was bad.
- thrdbndndn 3y ago
  The article is pretty fresh ("This entry was posted on Wednesday 10th of April 2024 10:28 AM", and the author is from the US. Even if he's on East Coast, it would only be half an hour ago) though. Unless Twitter just fixed it within 1 hour, I think the author should mention it has been fixed (edit: or that it was limited to certain platform [iOS?], since it's not reproducible on web at least.)
  - krebsonsecurity 3y ago
    Thanks. I did update the story to reflect the apparent fix. I'm still trying to verify if this behavior remains in some form.
  - rsynnott 3y ago
    Per the older Mashable article above, it is _partially_ fixed, in that they don't do it for the examples in the article but do do it for other cases.
quaunaut 3y ago
Are you visiting from the iOS(possibly Android too, but didn't see anyone mention) app? That's where it's generally happening.
- thrdbndndn 3y ago
  I use the website.
ceejayoz 3y ago
https://mashable.com/article/twitter-dot-com-posts-change-to-x-dot-com-ios https://mashable.com/article/twitter-dot-com-posts-change-to... > X eventually realized the issue and rolled out a patch later that same day for some of the domains affected by this change. "Netflitwitter.com" no longer shows up as "Netflix.com" for example. > However, Mashable can confirm that the X for iOS app is currently still changing many other references of "Twitter.com" to "X.com." We noticed that in one instance we found, the change was happening when "Twitter.com" was being used in a subdomain for another URL.
HyprMusic 3y ago
I believe it only happens on the iOS app. Strange the article doesn't mention that.
- mikeyouse 3y ago
  It started off happening globally - they fixed it in most places, but not yet on the iOS app.
latexr 3y ago
From the article: > Update: It appears Twitter/X has corrected its mistake, and no longer truncates any domain ending in “twitter.com” to “x.com.”

lolinder 3y ago

Probably that they rolled back the change when it became obvious it was bad.

thrdbndndn 3y ago
The article is pretty fresh ("This entry was posted on Wednesday 10th of April 2024 10:28 AM", and the author is from the US. Even if he's on East Coast, it would only be half an hour ago) though. Unless Twitter just fixed it within 1 hour, I think the author should mention it has been fixed (edit: or that it was limited to certain platform [iOS?], since it's not reproducible on web at least.)
- krebsonsecurity 3y ago
  Thanks. I did update the story to reflect the apparent fix. I'm still trying to verify if this behavior remains in some form.
- rsynnott 3y ago
  Per the older Mashable article above, it is _partially_ fixed, in that they don't do it for the examples in the article but do do it for other cases.

quaunaut 3y ago

Are you visiting from the iOS(possibly Android too, but didn't see anyone mention) app? That's where it's generally happening.

thrdbndndn 3y ago
I use the website.

ceejayoz 3y ago

https://mashable.com/article/twitter-dot-com-posts-change-to-x-dot-com-ios https://mashable.com/article/twitter-dot-com-posts-change-to... > X eventually realized the issue and rolled out a patch later that same day for some of the domains affected by this change. "Netflitwitter.com" no longer shows up as "Netflix.com" for example. > However, Mashable can confirm that the X for iOS app is currently still changing many other references of "Twitter.com" to "X.com." We noticed that in one instance we found, the change was happening when "Twitter.com" was being used in a subdomain for another URL.

HyprMusic 3y ago

I believe it only happens on the iOS app. Strange the article doesn't mention that.

mikeyouse 3y ago
It started off happening globally - they fixed it in most places, but not yet on the iOS app.

latexr 3y ago

From the article: > Update: It appears Twitter/X has corrected its mistake, and no longer truncates any domain ending in “twitter.com” to “x.com.”