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I was aware that x.com was Elon's 1999 banking startup that merged into Paypal. I thought he somehow still owned it and held onto it, but didn't know about thi
by Scoundreller 3y ago
I was aware that x.com was Elon's 1999 banking startup that merged into Paypal.
I thought he somehow still owned it and held onto it, but didn't know about this further tidbit of history:
> In July 2017, PayPal sold the domain X.com back to Musk.[17] In July 2023, X.com was repurposed to redirect to Twitter, following Musk's establishment of X Corp. to manage Twitter assets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com_(bank) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com_(bank)
- ethbr1 3y agoAdditionally, the thought is that a profitable Twitter needs to be not-just-Twitter. Hence the branding break to allow for TBD functionality to be added on, a la Chinese do-everything apps.