Elon Musk became repulsed by the Twitter logo and its presence in the company's offices, ultimately leading him to acquire Twitter and rebrand it as X.com with plans to transform it into an all-encompassing app for financial and social matters.
Elon Musk's Subscriptions feature on X (formerly Twitter) is not gaining significant traction, with Musk having only 40,000 subscribers out of his 155 million followers, suggesting that it is not a successful tool in the creator economy.
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, revealed plans for his social network, X (formerly Twitter), to introduce a monthly payment system to combat bots, but did not disclose the cost or additional features included, while also claiming to have 550 million monthly users generating millions of daily posts, without specifying the authenticity of these users. Musk's discussion with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also addressed concerns over hate speech and antisemitism on the platform, following Musk's previous amplification of such content. Musk's takeover of Twitter led to significant changes, including staff cuts, the restoration of previously suspended accounts, and the elimination of Twitter's verification system.
Elon Musk announced during a livestream that X, formerly Twitter, may soon become a subscription-only service in order to combat the presence of bots on the platform.
Under Elon Musk's leadership, Twitter, now referred to as X, has experienced a decline in daily active users, losing tens of millions or 11.6% of users since his acquisition of the company, with the revised count of 245 million daily active users still representing a loss of approximately 3.7%.
Elon Musk's social media platform, X, is reportedly testing a new feature that removes headlines and links from news posts, causing confusion among users.
Elon Musk has made another change to X (formerly known as Twitter), removing the display of article headlines when they are shared on the platform, causing a potential lack of context for users.
Elon Musk's social network, formerly known as Twitter and now called X, has removed news headlines from article links in an effort to improve aesthetics, with Musk expressing a desire for news organizations to post content directly on the platform.
Elon Musk's platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is now serving users clickbait advertisements that cannot be blocked, reported, or easily identified as ads.
The European Union has warned Elon Musk that his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is spreading illegal content and disinformation following the Hamas attacks on Israel, urging him to update content enforcement policies and remove violating content in a timely manner.
Elon Musk's social network X, formerly known as Twitter, is testing a $1 annual subscription for new users in New Zealand and the Philippines in an effort to reduce spam and bot activity on the platform.
Elon Musk is considering removing the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, from Europe due to new internet platform regulations in the region.
