We're testing a new link experience, starting on iOS -- to make it easier for your followers to engage with your post while browsing links.
— Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) October 19, 2025
For creators, a common complaint is that posts with links tend to get lower reach. This is because the web browser covers the post and… pic.twitter.com/oWraLpPwji
and everyone wants to kill the web. fwiw, this is the same impetus that facebook also had when they introduced their own browser - yeah you can follow a link _outside_, but you still have to stay within the app.
engagement "maxxing" only ends one way because it starts from a zero-sum model of the internet.