X Formally Replaces Twitter.com
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It took some time, however Twitter.com is formally lifeless.
The rollout for X, Elon Musk’s model of the social media platform generally known as Twitter, was a sizzling ass mess. Logging onto Twitter.com nonetheless labored, and sharing tweets on web sites didn’t work until you modified the x within the URL to Twitter (that also is the case.).
At the moment, many desktop Twitter customers have been stunned to see that typing Twitter.com now redirects them to Elon Musk’s X.
Together with the redirect, a message on the backside of the webpage says, “We’re letting that we’re altering our URL, however your privateness and information safety settings stay the identical.”
The area transition from Twitter to now X was a bizarre one. Nearly the whole lot, just like the platform’s official account, cell apps, and ineffective premium accounts, was beneath the brand new X branding, whereas Twitter.com nonetheless labored.
In fact, despite the fact that Elon Musk remains to be turning X into the “the whole lot app” he has envisioned, customers on X are sticking by the unique identify and telling Musk, “We’re nonetheless gonna name it Twitter.”
The platform, previously generally known as Twitter, has seen higher days. Bots dwell in individuals’s mentions, porn is throughout timelines, and there are approach too many Cheech and Chong edible advertisements.
Nonetheless, as our favourite tech reviewer, Marques Brownlee, mentioned in a publish, it’s “nonetheless Twitter.”
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