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Elon Musk Bought X.com for Twitter
- 8organicbits 3y agoSite is down? The correct history is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com
- mtmail 3y ago- "On July 5 2017, Musk repurchased the domain name X.com from PayPal." - "In December 2017, X.com redirected visitors to The Boring Company's website, which Musk also owns." So the claim he bought it for Twitter is false
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- fullshark 3y agoI guess he’s run out of tricks to make it seem like he was doing bold imaginative stuff with twitter. A big rebrand for no reason should get headlines.
- st3fan 3y agoHow much did x.com cost? And who owned it before?
- mtmail 3y agoPaypal. Article from 2017 estimates $10m or higher (https://qz.com/1026167/elon-musk-just-bought-x-com-the-domain-he-once-owned-from-paypal https://qz.com/1026167/elon-musk-just-bought-x-com-the-domai...) but nobody knows
- dotcoma 3y agoWhy not X Æ A-12.com ?
- 3cats-in-a-coat 3y agoHe didn't buy it for Twitter. He's had it since before his PayPal days when he was trying to push for what became PayPal to become x.com. He's been sitting on this domain and itching to use it for something, like a child. I mean I get it, I also would be itching. But Twitter was already a perfect (and better) brand for... Twitter.
- re-thc 3y agoIt's the other way. Elon Musk bought Twitter for x.com