On Monday, it appears X attempted to encourage users to cease referring to it as Twitter and instead adopt the name X. Some users began noticing that posts viewed via X for iOS were changing any references of “Twitter.com” to “X.com” automatically.
If a user typed in “Twitter.com,” they would see “Twitter.com” as they typed it before hitting “Post.” But, after submitting, the platform would show “X.com” in its place on the X for iOS app, without the user’s permission, for everyone viewing the post.
And shortly after this revelation, it became clear that there was another big issue: X was changing anything ending in “Twitter.com” to “X.com.”
I don’t get why he’s so stubborn on X dot com being a thing. Especially since when I hear dot com I think of the 90s or early 2000s, and specifically the dot com bubble.
x.social or x.net sound way cooler tbh.
how about x.org lmao
finally a use for the .fail TLD
I choose x.org
Man what a banger domain to have. Good on xorg
X-Com sounds pretty cool tbh
Do you have that same problem with Twitter dot com?
Yes but to a lesser extent. The name Twitter doesn’t sound like it’s trying to be “cool internet thing” as much as X
Well, let’s talk about when Twitter was founded…
Maybe he just likes the game Xcom.
Dot com is the high ground of web links though. The best real estate, basically.
From what i understand, it actually is a name he came up with in the early 2000s and have tried pushing it before.