Twitter has been going by a myriad of transformations since Elon Musk’s takeover, with the introduction of Twitter Blue, ‘short-term’ limits, and new options. Now, the microblogging platform is being rebranded after 17 years of existence, and the enduring chook is about to get replaced by a brand new X emblem.
On Sunday, Musk wrote on Twitter, “If a ok X emblem is posted tonight, we’ll make go reside worldwide tomorrow”, and he later tweeted a brief mockup video of the X emblem created by Sawyer Merritt, the co-founder of sustainable clothes model Twin Berch Merritt, and the supposed new emblem has additionally turn out to be Musk’s pinned tweet.
Twitter turns into X
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino revealed particulars about Twitter’s rebranding in a collection of tweets on Monday, calling the platform the “future state of limitless interactivity”. Yaccarino mentioned that Twitter modified the best way we talk, and X might go even additional to revamp the worldwide social alternate. Powered by AI, X will “join us all in methods we’re simply starting to think about.” The brand new X platform may very well be centered on audio, video, messaging in addition to banking actions, changing into a global hub for the alternate of products, providers, and alternatives.
Speaking about Twitter’s growth through the years, Yaccarino tweeted, “For years, followers and critics alike have pushed Twitter to dream larger, to innovate quicker, and to satisfy our nice potential. X will try this and extra. We have already began to see X take form over the previous eight months by our fast characteristic launches, however we’re simply getting began.”
Elon Musk and X – A historical past
This isn’t the primary time that any Elon Musk-owned firm has been rebranded across the time period X. In reality, his infatuation with X goes method again to 1999 when he based X.com, a supposed one-stop store in your monetary wants that might substitute typical banking. However in 2001, the platform grew to become a part of PayPal which was then acquired by eBay, though the possession of the area was returned to Musk a couple of years in the past.
The Twitter chief has additionally included X into his area and vehicle firms with SpaceX and the Tesla Mannequin X. Now, the identical is being finished with Twitter, and the X.com area now redirects customers to Twitter, maybe fulfilling Musk’s imaginative and prescient of a one-stop store that caters to each want of a social media consumer.
