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X finally moves away from Twitter.com

2024-05-18 10:20 by
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The social network formerly known as Twitter has officially adopted X.com for all its core systems. That means typing twitter.com in your browser will now redirect to Elon Musk's favored domain.

Various elements of Twitter had already embraced the rebranding, and the company has been using X.com links since early April. But now the domain has flipped over entirely, marking the end of a tumultuous transition period - and erasing the last vestiges of the bird app.

"We are letting you know that we are changing our URL, but your privacy and data protection settings remain the same," reads a message at the bottom of the X login and home pages.

Musk announced the platform's rebrand to X last summer, saying the original name no longer made sense. He said Twitter made sense when the site limited users to 140-character posts, "like birds tweeting" back and forth, but now, users can post longer messages and hours of video.

Some users called the decision to rebrand selfish, saying the iconic logo and name took away from businesses that relied on the name-brand recognition.

The transition from old leadership to Musk and Twitter to X has been gradual over the past year and a half, but it has at times been chaotic and met with criticism from users, many of whom vowed to leave the platform entirely.

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