X.com Silently Deletes New Likes Likes on Old Posts
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X.com is allegedly deleting new likes on old posts, sparking concerns about content visibility and platform integrity, with users discussing potential reasons and implications.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eventual_consistency
In addition to "optimistic UI". https://imhoff.blog/posts/optimistic-ui-primer
The UI optimistically allows the user to tap/click the like button and the eventually-consistent backend determines if the like is valid. The UI doesn't verify if the user is allowed to like because that's the backend's job.
Tom Scott has a video on it. https://youtube.com/watch?v=RY_2gElt3SA