Elon Musk's Bold Move: Twitter Rebrands to 'X' - A New Era Unveiled!
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It is July 24, 2023, and the Twitter bird logo has been replaced with an X logo designed by a random Twitter user, highly inspired by Unicode. Elon Musk's move seems to be a strategic one, but the reason behind it remains unclear. Some speculate it might be a hoax to draw attention to the platform, or perhaps part of a grand strategy that's hard to comprehend.
A few months ago, Twitter open-sourced its code, which Mark Zuckerberg then forked to create Threads, a rapidly growing social media app with over 100 million users. However, Threads has faced challenges and is already experiencing a significant decline in popularity.
Elon Musk delivered a counter punch to Threads by making revenue share payments to creators, rewarding meme accounts like Internet Hall of Fame with substantial paychecks. In contrast, platforms like Meta do not offer revenue sharing to their creators.
The name change to X represents a shift towards a universal media company that rivals platforms like Instagram and YouTube, providing a place for journalists to post content and compensating them for it. Elon has expressed the idea of creating an "everything bagel" platform that handles all forms of content.
Digital privacy is also under threat from various angles, with initiatives like Worldcoin offering cryptocurrency in exchange for digital identities. Other proposals, such as the Web Integrity API, suggest adding digital rights management to web browsers, raising concerns about internet surveillance and control.
In response to these challenges, the idea of starting over and building a new internet called "Internet X" is proposed as a potential solution. The future of social media and the internet remains uncertain, and it will be intriguing to see how these developments unfold.
