News Summary

• Social network X has made it more expensive to post links through its API.
• The change is designed to thwart spam and “vectors of misuse,” the company said.
• Techmeme said that the price increase was one of the reasons to remove links, which it said may return later.
• The publication also cited a Nieman Lab study, which noted that including links with posts on X resulted in dropped engagement.
• The debate of X reducing the reach of posts with links is not new.
• A few years ago, the company cut headlines from the link previews on the platform but reverted the change after a few weeks.