As far as I know, Twitter has always done this since the "Likes" were introduced. I don't think they're recorded in a permanent manner on who liked what, just the total number of likes per post as a counter.
verdverm•3mo ago
how would they show me my like history if not storing it?
Otter-man•3mo ago
Surprisingly it does show these posts on your "Likes" page in your profile. But they aren't marked as liked, and liking one will increase the like indicator.
lcnPylGDnU4H9OF•3mo ago
> But they aren't marked as liked, and liking one will increase the like indicator.
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.
x.com doesn't even seem to really work anymore, i'm surprised they haven't lost all their users yet.
Otter-man•3mo ago
No, it works just fine? And this particular problem i think is date pre-elon because people were complaining about disappearing likes for a few years.
Suppafly•3mo ago
Maybe through the app, but I get sent links to x things all the time and they just straight up don't load. Same thing with links to old x threads linked from different websites.
fennec-posix•3mo ago
verdverm•3mo ago
Otter-man•3mo ago
lcnPylGDnU4H9OF•3mo ago
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
Otter-man•3mo ago