Twitter.com Has Now Become X.com (at Least for Some of Us)
Twitter changed its name to “X” back in July 2023. But while the site has taken the last 10 months to slowly adapt to its new name and logo, two things have remained constant: We all still call it “Twitter.” and the site URL is still twitter.com .
However, it looks like times are indeed changing: as of today, twitter.com is officially called x.com . Elon Musk confirmed the transition in a message (formerly known as a “tweet”) on X (formerly known as Twitter):
But while Musk says, “All major systems are now on X.com ,” that doesn’t seem to be the case for everyone. For example, when I launch twitter.com out of pure and unwavering habit, the site loads without redirecting. To me it’s still Twitter, even if it’s just a URL. (The X logo is still pinned to the top of the page, which I suppose is at least better than Doge’s .)
On the other hand, if I enter a new domain x.com , it loads fine too. It even makes a big difference when I visit x.com itself with a banner thanking me for viewing the new URL. It looks like the site really wants to encourage me to continue visiting x.com rather than twitter.com , even though the latter should automatically redirect to the former.
I’m sure that once the core X team figures out how to force Twitter URLs to become X URLs, it will continue to do so until the site runs out of money and shuts down. I, for one, think that typing x.com is not only stupid, it feels like I’m about to visit a completely different type of site, which may be true at this point given the types of bots that have been plaguing X as of late .
If you’re as sick of X crap as I am, there are plenty of X alternatives worth checking out . I might see you there, but I’ll probably still be here, helplessly typing twitter.com into my browser until the end of time.