X Confirms Link Penalty Removed Over a Year Ago

X, the social media platform, has confirmed that it stopped penalizing posts with external links over a year ago.

This news came from Nikita Bier, the head of product at X, who told Mark Zuckerberg that he no longer needs to hide links in the replies section of his posts.

Elon Musk, the owner of X, also confirmed this change.

Many users were surprised because they had been using the workaround of posting links in replies for years, believing that X's algorithm suppressed posts with external links.

Some users are still skeptical and want more evidence before changing their posting habits.

X has made other algorithm changes recently, but they haven't always communicated these changes clearly, which has led to some confusion and distrust among users.