ELON Musk has removed a popular feature on X after complaining his “eyes are bleeding” from its overuse.
The tech billionaire, 53, tweeted that the changes are being made due to “immediate and excessive use”.
Bold and italics will no longer appear on the X timeline[/caption]
Musk joked that the feature is so overused that his ‘eyes are bleeding’[/caption]
The change means users will no longer see bold or italics text on their timeline.
People will still be able to use them but others won’t see them unless they click on the tweet.
Musk said text formatting was “being abused for engagement farming”.
Engagement farming is a manipulative tactic used to boost how well social posts perform on platforms like X.
“Due to immediate and excessive use of bold font on X, it will be removed from view in the main timeline,” Musk tweeted.
“You will have to click on post details to see anything in bold. My eyes are bleeding.
“Same goes for italics and any other formatting. They are being abused for engagement farming.”
Users on the site are divided about the effectiveness of the change.
“WHO NEEDS BOLD FONT? JUST CAPITALIZE EVERYTHING. WORKS THE SAME,” one wrote.
“YOU ARE IMPEDING MY RIGHT TO BOLD SPEECH,” another joked.
“damn i enjoyed it while it lasted,” a third responded.
How Elon Musk became the world’s richest man
Elon Musk is the world’s richest man with a net worth of $270.5billion.
The 53-year-old has co-founded six major companies, including X.com which eventually became PayPal.
Ebay bought PayPal for $1.5billion in October 2002.
He used $100million from the sale to launch SpaceX, one of the world’s leading spaceflight companies, with ambitions to eventually travel to Mars.
The company also provides Starlink internet services beamed from SpaceX’s satellites.
Musk was an early investor in Tesla too and is now the electric car giant’s largest shareholder.
One of his most notorious business ventures was the takeover of Twitter, costing $44billion – which was later rebranded to X in a nod to his early success.
But Musk’s most controversial project is Neuralink, a firm that’s creating tech implants for the brain to help people with neurological disorders.
The South African-born businessman was the world’s richest man for sometime but lost his crown in 2024.
He also broke the Guinness World Record for largest lose of personal fortune, estimated by Forbes to be around $165billion.
