Monday, July 24th 2023
Elon Musk Announces that Twitter Will Change Name to X
After having paid US$44 billion for Twitter, it appears Elon Musk isn't happy with Twitter being Twitter and is now getting ready to change the name of the social media platform to X. For those that aren't familiar with Elon Musk's company history, X was his online bank that preceded PayPal, or rather X.com, a domain name that is still owned by Elon Musk and currently redirects to Twitter. It appears that Elon Musk and Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino have big plans for X, at least according to several posts by the Twitter CEO.
Yaccaranio in a post on Twitter states that "X is the future state of unlimited interactivity - centered in audio, video, messaging, payments/banking - creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities. Powered by AI, X will connect us all in ways we're just beginning to imagine." Make of this what you want, but it appears that Twitter is about to go through some major changes, some that had already been mentioned by Musk as early as last year. Time will tell if this will be a direction that Twitter's users want things to go, or if the platform will end up dying a death of a thousand cuts.
Sources:
@elonmusk on Twitter, @lindayacc on Twitter
Yaccaranio in a post on Twitter states that "X is the future state of unlimited interactivity - centered in audio, video, messaging, payments/banking - creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities. Powered by AI, X will connect us all in ways we're just beginning to imagine." Make of this what you want, but it appears that Twitter is about to go through some major changes, some that had already been mentioned by Musk as early as last year. Time will tell if this will be a direction that Twitter's users want things to go, or if the platform will end up dying a death of a thousand cuts.
178 Comments on Elon Musk Announces that Twitter Will Change Name to X
IMO, there's a clear reason to close the topic. "Twitter renames to X" is a dead discussion point, and I'm willing to bet that no one today, or in the near future, has anymore to say on the renaming Twitter->X issue. (Subject to PMs to me or you after this topic is closed).
If a future tech event relating to Twitter/X/social media pops up, its probably a better idea to make a new topic / news article about that topic rather than continue this topic. That way, we can refocus on whatever new news event there is.
Thread closed as the discussion point is no longer being discussed.