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Relationships are never easy — and the roller-coaster presence of X (formally known as Twitter; we’ll get to that shortly) in our lives is a testament to that fact.  This app has become an integral part of our daily routines. Through thick and thin, from world-changing events like the 2008 financial crisis to Kanye’s infamous interruption of Taylor Swift, Kate and William’s Royal wedding, and countless viral dramas, glow-ups and takedowns, Twitter (now X) has been a virtual cornerstone of our existence.  Throughout this nearly two-decade journey, we’ve come to accept Twitter’s imperfections (bots, scams, crypto bros) and its unique offers of value, which made it possible for anyone in the world to enter — and even help shape — an endless stream of conversations, moments, movements and even entire markets. Where would we be without Twitter? No matter what you think of that question, the answer is undoubtedly somewhere different.  So, just as one might feel after an unplanned breakup following a lengthy relationship, when we woke up one April morning to find Twitter has rebranded as simply “X,” it felt like a harsh and unexpected decision. How could a platform that companies and users invested in deeply rebrand overnight in such a seemingly cunning and clandestine manner?  While this rebrand was unexpected, it still happened after a year of Twitter that, under Elon Musk’s leadership, could be described as chaotic, confusing and frustrating. Lest we forget, Elon sprang Twitter Blue on the world earlier in the year and took away hundreds of thousands of “blue checks,” including from world leaders like Bill Gates, Pope Francis and Beyoncé.  But this change to X was still out of left field. The move felt different, like a well-calculated and stealthy maneuver that left many, myself included, disoriented and skeptical about the…

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Filed under: News - @ October 20, 2023 6:20 pm