{"id":6883,"date":"2025-02-25T04:15:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T04:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/elon-musk-forgets-x-isnt-twitter\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T04:15:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T04:15:57","slug":"elon-musk-forgets-x-isnt-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/elon-musk-forgets-x-isnt-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk forgets X isn&#8217;t Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not uncommon for people to still refer to X by its previous name, Twitter. In fact, even the platform&#8217;s owner, Elon Musk, occasionally slips up and calls it Twitter, despite having changed its name to X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk recently made a statement on X, saying, &#8220;Twitter added far more features with fewer people,&#8221; in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1894137412801978375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">post on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1318\" height=\"1128\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2970480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg 1318w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=150,128 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=300,257 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=768,657 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=680,582 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=1200,1027 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=1280,1095 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=430,368 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=720,616 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=900,770 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=800,685 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=668,572 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=438,375 438w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=721,617 721w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Musk-calls-X-Twitter.jpg?resize=620,531 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1318px) 100vw, 1318px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-element-caption__text\">The owner of X also uses the term Twitter.<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Screenshot: X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk&#8217;s comment was in response to another account that commended DOGE, the advisory body on government efficiency he leads, for its efforts to reduce the federal workforce. Over the weekend, Musk instructed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/musk-orders-us-federal-workers-report-work-or-get-fired-2025-02-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">federal employees to submit their work accomplishments from the previous week by Monday<\/a> or face the risk of losing their jobs. However, a government official later informed federal employees that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/doge\/federal-workers-agencies-push-back-elon-musks-email-ultimatum-rcna193439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">those performance reports were optional<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The account Musk responded to stated, &#8220;It worked for Twitter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/elon-musk-refers-to-x-by-its-old-name-twitter-internet-reacts-6471839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">not the first instance of Musk referring to X by its former name, Twitter<\/a>, and it&#8217;s likely not the last time he will do so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/02\/24\/even-elon-musk-forgets-that-x-isnt-twitter-sometimes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not uncommon for people to still refer to X by its previous name, Twitter. 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