{"id":57263,"date":"2023-07-25T16:24:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T08:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=57263"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T08:24:08","slug":"twitter-changes-to-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/twitter-changes-to-x","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Changes Twitter Brand To X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Say goodbye to <a href=\"https:\/\/logo.com\/blog\/twitter-logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry the Twitter bird<\/a> because Elon Musk, has officially changed the social media powerhouse brand to \u201cX\u201d. Yes, just \u201cX\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The rebrand has only been just the name change so far\u2014the social media company has not introduced new features related to the name. The name change, however, seems to be a shock as analysts believe it could wipe out anywhere between <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6297303\/twitter-x-rebrand-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$4 billion and $20 billion in brand value<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is the brand change surprising, but it could also be costly for Musk as other companies such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/problem-with-x-meta-microsoft-hundreds-more-own-trademarks-new-twitter-name-2023-07-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta (Facebook) and Microsoft own intellectual property rights to the letter X<\/a>, leaving him open to legal complications.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing competition from Meta-owned Threads, Musk has been making radical changes to the platform formerly known as Twitter by introducing <a href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/using-twitter\/twitter-blue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter Blue subscriptions<\/a> and giving its users the ability to monetize on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>As of July 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/303681\/twitter-users-worldwide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter\/X has 353.9 million active users on the platform<\/a>, a 3.93% decrease from the previous year. Threads, on the other hand, achieved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1398663\/global-threads-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 million users within five days<\/a> of its launch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the difference between Threads and Twitter\/X? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/twitter-vs-threads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here\u2019s a quick breakdown<\/a>.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>How will Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla affect EV shares and investments in Malaysia? 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