It won’t always be called X. 2027: Elon buys a domain registrar. 2031: Elon buys unicode. 2032: Elon allows unicode in domain names. The same day, Elon adds an “Xtreme X” emoji to unicode (it sort of looks like it’s spinning, xtreme style), and registers the domain.
I’m hoping for something like “2024: Elon is found guilty of failing to uphold the obligations imposed on Twitter back in their 2011 lawsuit around misuse of information; Former Twitter staff are found to have heroically attempted to follow the law but were fired for doing so; Elon is ordered to sell X; 2025: Mastodon buys it for five million dollars; Elon is forced to sell all his shares in Tesla/SpaceX to pay fines to the FTC; Mastodon rebrands X to Twitter which becomes just another Fediverse instance. 2026: FTC uses the $50 billion Elon pays them to, like, hire enough staff to do their job properly going forward”
It won’t always be called X. 2027: Elon buys a domain registrar. 2031: Elon buys unicode. 2032: Elon allows unicode in domain names. The same day, Elon adds an “Xtreme X” emoji to unicode (it sort of looks like it’s spinning, xtreme style), and registers the domain.
I’m hoping for something like “2024: Elon is found guilty of failing to uphold the obligations imposed on Twitter back in their 2011 lawsuit around misuse of information; Former Twitter staff are found to have heroically attempted to follow the law but were fired for doing so; Elon is ordered to sell X; 2025: Mastodon buys it for five million dollars; Elon is forced to sell all his shares in Tesla/SpaceX to pay fines to the FTC; Mastodon rebrands X to Twitter which becomes just another Fediverse instance. 2026: FTC uses the $50 billion Elon pays them to, like, hire enough staff to do their job properly going forward”
Man I love me a good fiction book lol