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X, the microblogging platform previously known as Twitter, experienced a major glitch a few days ago that resulted in the loss of all legacy photos posted before December 2014. The company has since acknowledged the bug on its @support account.

“Over the weekend we had a bug that prevented us from displaying images from before 2014. No images or data were lost. We fixed the bug, and the issue will be fully resolved in the coming days,” the company said. 

Many users were left annoyed after their images from 2014 and before disappeared. In fact, some of the most popular images ever posted on X— including Ellen DeGeneres’ famous selfie from the Oscars 2014 with multiple celebrities—were also removed as part of this glitch.

Under Elon Musk’s leadership, X corp has undergone a number of changes, including rebranding from Twitter to X, reworking the verification system to be part of X Premium, and changing the name of X Premium multiple times, from Twitter Blue to X Blue to X Premium. These changes have been met with mixed reactions, with some users praising the new features and others criticizing the changes. 

The company  has also begun to pay eligible creators a share of their advertising revenue. Many Indian accounts have received large sums of money by subscribing to X Premium and having at least 500 followers and 5 million impressions in the last three months.

Musk has also been vocal about making X into an all-in-one app that can help you find jobs, do video calls, and even livestream.