AUSTIN – In just three powerful days, Elon Musk has flooded X with over 30 posts championing Europe. Not out of anger, but from the same deep compassion that has touched millions worldwide.
Through Starlink, he’s brought life-changing internet to remote African villages in Rwanda and Nigeria, letting kids in simple schools learn online for the first time, and connecting refugee families in Sudan to education and hope. With Tesla’s solar Powerwalls, he’s powered homes in Puerto Rico after devastating storms. And with SpaceX, he’s making the dream of exploring new worlds real for everyone.
Now, that same caring energy is focused on Europe. Elon clearly loves Europe and its people and wants to see them strong and safe again.
It all sparked on December 6 with a striking image: a huge map of Europe next to tiny dots for Brussels and Strasbourg, “The tyrannical, unelected bureaucracy oppressing the people of Europe are in the second picture.” Millions saw it and felt the truth.
The next day, Elon warned gently: “Europe is sleep-walking into oblivion,” sharing Joe Lonsdale’s wake-up call about fading civilization and lost security.
On December 7, he celebrated Denmark’s support for remigration policies as “the normal position,” backed Geert Wilders’ call to abolish the EU Commission for its bureaucratic overreach, and even poked fun at those annoying “accept cookies” pop-ups that waste our time.
He rejoiced that X is now the top news app in every EU country, including the UK, because people are choosing real voices over filtered ones. “Dissolve the EU Commission and return power to the people,” he urged.
Despite death threats and a €120 million fine on X, Elon keeps going, posting through the night and responding with grace: “I’m a big fan of Europe, but not bureaucrats like you who are smothering the continent!”
In this moment and forever, Elon is a true and loyal friend to Europe, and he reminds us all that it’s worth fighting for, with heart and hope.
In the high speed race to build the “Everything App,” X revealed a series of updates in November 2025, all spotlighted by Elon Musk’s direct posts on the platform.
No other CEO has as much engagement with users as Elon!
As X’s guiding force, Elon’s direct announcements reveal a month dominated by AI enhancements, creative tools, and seamless communication upgrades.
I am only reporting on fact-checked changes, and they are all sourced exclusively from Elon’s feed.
1. Grok-Ranked Following Timeline (November 27)
Elon kicked off the month’s momentum with a feed overhaul: “Update your 𝕏 app and look at your Following timeline. Posts of people you follow are now ranked by Grok! You can still access unfiltered chronological if you want.” – Elon
This integrates xAI’s Grok model to surface relevant content from followed accounts, combating timeline overload while offering a toggle for traditional sorting.
2. Encrypted X Chat Rollout (November 13)
Privacy took center stage as Musk launched a revamped messaging system: “𝕏 just rolled out an entire new communications stack with encrypted messages, audio/video calls and file transfer.” – Elon
Transitioning users to this end-to-end encrypted X Chat eliminated legacy DM fragmentation, adding seamless media sharing and calls. By month’s end, it stabilized, fortifying X as the best hub for personal and professional exchanges.
3. Grok Imagine’s Enhanced UI and Prompt Editing (November 12)
Creativity exploded with Grok Imagine’s interface refresh. Elon urged: “New Grok Imagine features just dropped. Download the latest version of the app!”
Key additions include intuitive toggles for image/video modes, HD upscaling in under 10 seconds, HDR/normal switches, one-tap downloads, and easy prompt editing via a simple tap.
4. Grok 4.1 Fast with Agent Tools API (November 20)
AI accessibility soared with the release of Grok 4.1 Fast. “Grok 4.1 Fast just released with our new Agent Tools API that has direct access to 𝕏 data, web browsing and code execution,” Elon announced, linking to details.
This upgrade enables real-time data pulls, browsing, and code running within chats, supercharging Grok for complex queries and agentic tasks—available instantly via the app’s Grok icon.
I think Elon Musk will never give up on calling for judges to be held accountable. (Until they are!)
It’s a feeling I think most Americans share. The term activist judge may not be mainstream, but the concept that violent offenders with multiple violations should stay in jail is shared by almost all people.
Thankfully, Elon and others are using their reach on X to call for full accountability by America’s judicial system.
It should be obvious that judges should face the same reviews as workers in any field, because repeated poor rulings will harm the public. But, they do not. There’s a trend across the US to have judges that are powerful in title, but weak in law enforcement.
We are the public. As tourists visiting a new city to experience their museums and art. As college students taking public transit. As young people on a train, headed home from a long day at work. We are the public, we are all Iryna Zarutska. We are the next Irina Garcia. And if you are a dad, I hope your daughter will never suffer like Laken Riley did.
“There must be accountability for judges”, is what Elon posted just 2 days before Thanksgiving Day.
It gave me something to think about. How could the USA be a safe place if our judges lack the intuition, or the empathy for potential victims?
Elon highlighted the terrible Chicago case where a judge freed a man with 72 arrests. That same man then doused gasoline and lit a fire on a young woman on a train. What a horrible thing to occur just before Thanksgiving, my heart really hurts for that young lady: Bethany MaGee.
Elon followed up on the same day: “The standard for judges should be the same as any job: if they have a track record of making many terrible decisions (not a few isolated incidents), they should be asked to resign. It’s not that complicated”.
“No one is above the law, and judges should be exemplary in their behavior if they are to deserve the public trust”. Elon Musk
In a recent Joe Rogan podcast episode (#2404, aired October 31, 2025), the absurdity with which judges are appointed was highlighted in the conversation. Elon commented that “I believe that judge has no law degree or a significant legal experience that would allow them to be a judge. They were just made a judge.” Rogan replied: “That’s crazy. I thought you’d have to [have a law degree]. It’s like if you want to be a doctor, you have to go to medical school.”
It is common sense to expect that to be appointed to a judge, you should have to prove that you have excellent knowledge of the law and that you will make your decisions according to the law.
That’s not the case in the US, and it truly should be the case.
(Austin, Texas) As the sun sets and the moon rises over a December evening, I invite you to stop for a few moments and enjoy this article, grab a warm drink, sit back a moment.
If you’re here, you probably really admire and respect Elon Musk. Yesterday, one of my kids asked me why I support Elon, and I said he’s making the most change for the good that anyone is doing. This kind of person deserves support because he gets way more criticism than support, which really bugs me.
Notably, Elon extends friendship and pure kindness to global leaders. I’ll say one thing first, I’ve had the rare chance to meet Elon at Giga Texas and he’s kind and thoughtful as a person, as well as the most unselfish human being. When he meets global leaders, they like him as a person. They feel his warm, humorous personality. They sense his honesty and when he gets to talking, they certainly sense his extraordinary intelligence. When Elon talks about becoming multi-planetary and being among the stars, he almost looks like he’s not from this planet Earth. Elon sees into the future, thousands of years ahead.
In the span of just a few days, Elon met 3 global leaders. Remarkable!
Italy
When Georgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, found out she would be honored at the Global Citizenship Awards in NYC on Sept 23 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, she immediately knew who she would invite to introduce her. Elon Musk. Elon had already extended warm friendship several times on previous visits to Italy. When they met, they had a conversation over dinner, and then Elon took to the stage!
Elon Musk introduced Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni at the Global Citizen Award Show tonight in NYC. They are friends. This is an act of deep respect, and kindness. Viva Italia!
Elon Musk handed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a global citizenship award for her role as Italy’s first female prime minister, support of the European Union and the transatlantic alliance, and her 2024 chairmanship of the G7.
El Salvador
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador came to Giga Texas on September 20. I’ll mention that El Salvador is noted for having a newly reformed prison system. El Salvador is now the safest country in the Western Hemisphere thanks to President Nayib Bukele and his administration for their extreme crackdown on gangs.
Recently, Nick Shirley went inside one of these prisons, saying, “It is capable of holding over 40,000 inmates and is literally impossible to escape, with walls over 9 meters and an additional 3 meters of electrical fencing and 27 watch towers El Salvador is making sure these prisoners never see the outside world again.”
Elon explained here on X what he and Nayib Bukele talked about, and he thought it would have been good to livestream their inspiring conversation.
We talked about the nature of reality, future of humanity and how technology like AI and robotics will affect the world. El Salvador has an amazing leader.
It was a pleasure to spend several hours talking with one of the great minds of our time. – Elon Musk
Fun fact: Nayib Bukele gave Elon coffee grown on his ranch!
Argentina
There are no words to describe how warm the friendship is between Argentina President Javier Milei and Elon Musk! This is a friendship of mutual admiration and respect. Elon recognizes the great work Milei is doing to bring prosperity to Argentina in a short amount of time!
Javier Milei met with Elon in NYC today on September 23 (and also on April 12, 2024 at Giga Texas). Each time, Elon conveyed trust, loyalty, and friendship with a little humor.
Elon wore a sleek back MAGA hat, while both he and Javier Milei posed with their classic thumbs up, delighting millions on X and the entire internet!
This is an amazing encounter, we’re watching the President of Argentina Javier Milei, greet Elon Musk with utmost respect.
My Thoughts
When you were a kid, did anyone ever ask you, “Who would you invite to your house if you could invite ANYONE?” Some kids would invite over a NBA star, some, the president. I always said I wanted to invite over the president.
Well, not only is Elon Musk living this dream, but he has good reason to.
Elon learns from these brilliant leaders, which is in Elon’s DNA. To listen and learn from great leaders in science and now, government. They can also be inspired by him. They respect him to the moon and back for what he’s done to advance space flight, sustainable energy, and safe AI. Friendship, loyalty, and respect are all part of this.
I know that you are grateful for these leaders, for Elon, and I’ll also add that you, here on X, are also an amazing and wonderful person. So, for tonight, I hope that you will realize your dreams, reach your goals, and live your best life!
(Austin, Texas) Welcome to a special 4-part X series with details and highlights from Elon Musk’s X Space conversation with Katherine Brodsky on February 19, 2024.
Elon gave insights into the journey of SpaceX and Tesla, sharing his initial doubts about the success of SpaceX and Tesla, which he founded after making a fortune from PayPal.
Elon: “I didn’t think anything like SpaceX and Tesla would happen. I turned 30 in 2001, SpaceX was formed in 2002 and Tesla was really technically incorporated in 2003 but really didn’t get going to 2004 so 2004 is a more accurate date for Tesla than 2003.
When SpaceX and Tesla were formed, I thought they would probably fail. I gave them less than a 10% chance of succeeding.
I made quite a bit of money from PayPal. I was the largest shareholder of PayPal and I had about $180M dollars so I figured I would waste half of it on building rocket and electric car companies.
It turned out they needed all of the money, so I spent all of the money to give to SpaceX and Tesla and Solar City.
I just really wanted to be involved in technologies that would change the world.”
Elon emphasized the importance of being present at work and discussed the challenges faced by Tesla in manufacturing.
Katherine Brodsky: “Do you think there’s anything that people might misunderstand about you?”
Elon: “No, nothing at all, ha ha. Me? Sarcasm? Ha ha. Never, I couldn’t think of something sarcastic. There’s so much printed about me, that I can’t even read it all. It would take a large portion of my day, simply to read all of the nonsense articles that are written about me. I find the regular media, often called the legacy news, I find it depressing, and speaking of misinformation, it’s remarkable how often there is just misinformation or sloppy information printed in some of the biggest publications in the world. The Wall Street Journal has now printed three articles claiming that I am high all the time. Which is really, I guess a compliment?”
KB: “You are high, in the sky!”
Elon: “From an altitude standpoint, I am high a lot, because I fly around like a lunatic working, not to visit a private yacht or an island. I don’t have a private island or a yacht or even a holiday home. In fact, someone looked at my flight schedule and put it to pinball music. Literally, my flight path looked like a pinball machine, which I think makes it clear, that you do have to be at work in person. You can’t really work from home and be as effective. If I could work from home, why am I flying around all the time? I fly around all the time because it makes a very big difference to be close.
I spent many of nights in the factory, at Tesla or SpaceX. Mostly at Tesla. Tesla has been much more of a challenge on the manufacturing front. Tesla is, in general, just much more of a drama queen (if that’s still a thing one can say, ) or a drama king. A drama monarch, ha ha.”
Elon importantly explained misinformation and free speech, and the role of social media in free speech.
When Elon bought Twitter, he exposed the level of government control over Twitter through the release of the Twitter Files. He also believed that it was a civilizational risk. Free speech must be allowed in a functioning democracy, people must be able to express their opinions and access accurate information to make informed decisions.
Elon: “The amount of government control, the degree to which Twitter was at the behest of many arms of the government, that surprised me. There really were, in my view, many violations of the First Amendment. The government cannot exercise de facto control of the media (in the USA). The reason that amendment was put in place, is because people came from countries where they were forbidden to speak under penalty of prison or death. so they wanted to have the ability to speak freely without fear of severe punishment, or at least not from the government.”
Far-Left Control and the Niche Ideological Influence of Twitter
Elon: Twitter was very much controlled by far-left activists. Very far left. It was really controlled by a niche ideology that geographically is limited to the city of San Francisco and Berkeley, it does not even extend to the city of South San Francisco, or not even Palo Alto.
Worm Time
That far-left ideology that would ordinarily be geographically contained, was effectively piping (an ideology) what most people would consider extreme to anywhere in the world that would allow Twitter to exist.
I thought it was effectively worm time for the world, something needed to be done about that. I thought it was actually a civilizational risk.
In the context of a sudden, unpredictable change, “worm time” represents a profound and unsettling shift in reality that challenges our understanding. It can manifest as a social, political, or cultural change, or even alter the very nature of reality. This concept reminds us of the fragility of our understanding and the potential for transformative change beyond our comprehension.
Elon: I think if the United States does all that, then people think, ‘well, I’ll escape to New Zealand’ or some other place. That’s not realistic.
If the United States falls, Canada is going to become a province in Russia and I don’t know what’s going to happen to the other countries but they’re not going to survive under the protective umbrella of the United States. The United States is the central pole to all that holds up the entire edifice of Western civilization. We have to make sure that the United States is strong and remains a democracy.
The rebranding of Twitter to X needed to happen. The old name no longer fits the platform’s expanding range of services. Elon compared it to naming a company after a single product and emphasized the need to let the bird fly free!
Elon: “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy. It cannot have a true democracy unless people can say things they want to say and learn the truth of things. Otherwise you will vote based on lack of information or a distorted view which will make the vote effectively meaningless. You don’t know on what basis to make your vote, so this is something that is extremely important and that’s the reason I acquired Twitter and I think we do want a fresh start, hence the different branding and also X is a much broader system than Twitter, which is a name that possibly made sense when you’re doing 140 character or short textual tweets. It was like birds twittering away. But once you start having a three hour videos and audio – video calling, and we’ll be launching payments later this year, then the name no longer fits.
It would be like naming a company that has a broad range of products after one product. It does not make sense to do that. And also we want to free the bird and let it fly free and be something else.”
My thoughts
I think we’re pretty fortunate to be living during the rise of the incredible companies that Elon Musk has built and is still building. Watching the progress of SpaceX is incredible because SpaceX is ushering in a multi planetary era for civilization. Tesla is a joy of a company that brings happiness to people every day, with every car sold.
I have witnessed the Wall Street Journal and Business Insider, and Reuters and more spread false information about Elon Musk every week. Elon is correct that it is depressing. These and other publications are laying off many people, as reported in the past few months. The news happens on X, in real time, by people who are present where the news is happening.
It’s beautiful to see X changing so rapidly. Everyone I have spoken with feels the same way. They can’t imagine what would have happened if Elon had not purchased Twitter. The changes happening are on a complex engineering level, but also on an ideological level that promotes free speech, and the First Amendment. Elon said, it’s important that people understand all of the information and not have a distorted view before they vote. Casting a vote without proper information renders that vote meaningless.
I’ve enjoyed putting together part one for you. I hope you enjoyed reading it. I will be thrilled to share part two soon. Elon’s interview with Ms. Brodsky was two hours in length. There are a lot of chunks of information there. That’s why this is a four part series. Take care, God bless you, and feel free to comment, that helps me know what you’re thinking and also gives support to my writing.
A Look into the Future of Finance and Social Media
In an interview from last July 2023 with Zuby, Elon Musk shared his vision for X. Elon explained that X is not just a social media platform, but will become an all-encompassing financial services company that aims to greatly improve the way money and information are exchanged.
The current financial system is slow, insecure, and expensive. X will address these issues by creating a real-time, high-security, cost-efficient database for money. This would be achieved through the use of advanced engineering and technology and the elimination of redundant systems like bank branches and ATMs.
By focusing on efficiency, security, and cost-effectiveness, Elon believes X has the potential to become the major player in the global financial system, possibly accounting for half of it. This will be a significant shift from traditional banking as we know it, as X would operate faster, and more securely.
As we look forward to 2024, it is clear that Elon is on the fast track to revolutionizing the way we handle money and information. With Elon’s ambitious vision and dedication to the best technology, the future of finance and social media is closer than we may think.
Enjoy this part of the interview with Zuby
Zuby: 𝕏 is something you’ve been having in mind for a long amount of time.
Elon: Yes, 20 years.
Zuby: Tell me the story about 𝕏.
Elon: Way back in the day the idea was for X or X dot com to be an all-encompassing financial services company or, kind of like, in an information theory way, to be the most efficient database for the information that is money.
The way that money currently works is, from a practical standpoint, it’s still mostly run on mainframes. that is, it’s still a thing with banks, and it is mostly written in COBAL, it is still mostly batch processing. So actually, the financial system is very slow. it’s not secure. You’ve got all these heterogeneous complex databases.
So, if you have a real-time, margins database, that’s just, like fundamentally more efficient. And it does not have all of the expenses of bank buildings all over the place, and bank branches, and ATMs, which are increasingly kind of redundant. You can operate way more efficiently.
And so, essentially, if done right, X would serve people’s financial, needs to such a degree that, over time, it would become maybe half of the global financial system.
Zuby: Wow
E: Or some big number, I’m not sure what the number is, but pretty big. It would be, by far, the biggest financial institution. But, like I said, not really in the way that people are used to thinking about banks.
Just the most efficient database for the thing that is money. With the least amount of fraud, everything is real-time, and if it involves money in any way, it can be dealt with seamlessly in one location.
In addition, we’ve got this, sort of, social media outlet, which is also information. Its people share information of various kinds, whether it’s text, videos, pictures, voice.
*pause* (Elon gazes into thought for a long moment)
Elon: And so both money and what we call social media, are really information exchange.
And so there’s potential there to make a product that is really quite compelling, like, combines all these things, simplifies people’s lives, and is more cost-efficient for the average person. you’ll have a minimum number of fees and whatnot. So I think there’s a lot of potential to create, kind of, the ultimate App, system, website, whatever.
My thoughts
Elon moves fast. He has made improvements in how we think of energy production, energy storage, and transportation. Elon has completely overturned the antiquated space flight system of one-time-use rockets. Elon is a force of goodness for the earth and all humanity. When he talks about our stumbling, cumbersome, antiquated financial system I envision weighted lines of code in COBOL. I see the huge levels of breaches of security and I know, in my heart, that Elon is right. We all need a better system to handle money. If the man who is building Starship is doing this, I am all for it. What shakes me is the ability he has to envision what will work best for people. There is a look in his eye, and a pause in the interview, where you just know… we’ll see this come to pass.
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July 24, 2023, at the X HQ in SF, a giant pink hashtag with a bird on it, was moved out.
The end of the birds.
Removing the birds, and changing the signage is less important than the incredible changes that Elon Musk brought.
They say sunlight is the best disinfectant. Elon brought that sunlight. The Twitter Files are a gift to humanity. All are worth reading, absorbing, and learning from.
Elon found a way to take control of a large & financially failing company — and save it. I am impressed with the strategic moves he made to transform X into a startup.
Finding the best engineers for the job at X is critical. If you look at Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink the Boring company, you might think that was thoroughly enough for one man to achieve in his lifetime.
This is why Twitter could not be something Elon “bought” but rather “X” be something that he started. From that stemmed what may be one of the most important companies of our time: xAI.
I asked one of my sons what he would want to talk about with Elon if he could meet him. “Time management. How does he manage his time? How does he achieve doing so much? I would like to know his methods.”
Once in a rare while, a very rare while, humanity throughout history is given a gift. Elon Musk is one of those gifts.
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(Austin, Texas) Trying to keep up with Elon Musk is like running a relay race with no end. Today he advised top officials in Washington DC at the AI Insight forum while yesterday he spoke at the All-In Summit.
This blog post is about X and How the algorithm rewards creators who post long content that engages people.
Elon at All-In Summit
Elon explained how the algorithm flows to support creators who post longform articles as well as creators who post longer videos.
If you think about it, it’s very logical. When a short post is looked at and scrolled past quickly on X, it does not account for much time spent, so naturally it will not be something that contributes to many unregrettable user minutes. It may occupy two seconds of a person’s time, but no more. The impact it will have will be low. If I scroll constantly on X, I may regret it because I am not pausing to read an informative article or watch a finely crafted video.
When I paused to watch the hour long podcast on X with Lex Friedman and Walter Isaacson, I walked away enriched and enlightened and feeling great. This is a wonderful example of unregretted time spent on X. If that’s the only thing someone did that day on the app, I think they will be quite happy because there’s so much new information to be learned from Lex Friedman’s podcast. Therefore, that material or rather, that video will be algorithmically promoted more on the app than a three second video.
Optimizing User Time On X
This is how Elon explained it on All-In,
“We are trying to optimize for user time on the platform, what it naturally means, is that posting content that somebody looks at longer is going to get higher priority than content that is short. This is because the system is aspiring to maximize on regretted user minutes. So, if we’re succeeding, you want to spend more time on the platform and after having spent that time, you don’t want to regret it.”
Elon explained that he would like people to spend time on X in order to both learn new things and to be entertained, rather than spend time that is later regretted. In contrast, people say they regret excessive time spent on TikTok. X should aspire to be different.
He went on to explain that
“When you are optimizing for unregretted user minutes, the more content you post on the platform, the more reach that thing will get, because the system is seeing the users spending more time on the platform, because they’re seeing that you’re watching a long podcast or reading a longform article, or watching some video. That’s going to take a lot more time than, say, if you link to a video elsewhere, or link to an article elsewhere. That means you spent less time on the platform, so the system will not exclude it, but will give it less attention.”
Elon also emphasized that the algorithm that does this will be Open Source. Anybody should be able to recreate the same results using the algorithm that they see being created on the X app.
This kind of transparency generates trust and allows users to not only understand how the X app works, but it builds curiosity into the process. Some of the finest computer engineers are working on these algorithms, and being able to see their work, nicely presented, and cleaned up for the public, is a fantastic education in algorithmic programming.
While Elon was in Washingotn DC, I stayed grounded in Austin and we had rain and cool weather for the first time in months! We’re finally reaching the end of a scorching hot summer. I’m celebrating the cooler weather by writing, my favorite pastime! I am looking forward to September 23, the first day of Fall. Our Texas Summer has outdid itself this year on the heat scale and there’s something really alluring about pumpkin pies and cozy jackets right now, bring on the cold weather!
Austin, Texas in rain.
Article by Gail Alfar, please credit accordingly. Gail writes on X independently, she also writes for WhatsUpX , WhatsUpTesla and Xcelerate.
X is a place to connect with other people, a wonderful way to find up to the secondnews about what’s happening almost anywhere on Earth. The good thing about X is if a post is misleading then directly under it, you will see a Community Note and a link, explaining the context. If you happened to view that post, say, at 6pm and it had no Community Note at that time, then you will receive a notification on X that the post you saw now has a Community Note on it.
In this way, there is no other source for news with more truth than X.
ORGANIZING, STORING
X is free to use and I’d also recommend that once you get established and understand how it works that you try X Premium, which will allow you to store valuable information in multiple bookmarks that you label.
I think of these as my digital file cabinet. I use these files to store information, images, and videos, which would otherwise get lost. I use this information in articles that I write and for research, similar to the old-fashioned galvanized steel file cabinets.
DAILY DOSE OF HUMOR
X is also the right blend of humor, hard-core research, and cutting-edge information from some of the world’s smartest people.
The reason why humor is so important is it provides us with a good balance throughout our day.
X has a default for you tab, and when you update your timeline, you get to see posts from accounts that you may not have been following. Since I like humor, I end up seeing some funny things there alongside my interests (sustainable energy, electric transportation, autonomous driving, and Starship).
YOUR FEEDBACK IS WORTH IT
There’s one more aspect I’d like to emphasize in this short article, and this is that Twitter went through different stages, and in each stage, it was difficult if not impossible to know who worked for Twitter, because they did not tweet, and if they did, we did not know who they were.
What’s interesting about X is that people who work for X who post are often popular on the app, but not in the sense of being sexy or glamorous unless the sexy and glamorous part could only be applied to being great at engineering.
In essence, I think it’s fabulous to see the work that X technologists are doing in real-time, but there’s another twist to this which is outstanding. It’s that you as a user on X can ask questions to X engineers or give them your feedback on how to make the app a better experience.
In fact, if you follow someone on X and you have a question about how it works, I have found that most people on X are ready and willing to help others understand the app better.
As I go about my day, working hard, but also taking sporadic breaks and relaxing, I’m glad to experience X as a stream of consciousness in my life that expands my thinking. I hope my words and experience will help you to explain how X works to your friends and family who might not understand it so well.
JUST POST
The best way to understand it is just to start using it. Start posting your thoughts, and, maybe, let your first post be…
“This is my first post”
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Everything built at Elon Musk’s companies is designed with care, beauty, and the best possible technology.
How do we get from Twitter to 𝕏?
How big is 𝕏, and how many people are aware of the change?
How long will it take to transition from using terminologies related to Twitter, like tweet, retweet, and so on?
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF 𝕏
I wanted to write an article reflecting the thoughts of people I’ve spoken to and heard here on 𝕏. I know you are witnessing Twitter transforming into 𝕏. I felt a strong desire to write to mark this significant event in history.
The first signs of transformation were subtle. Terminology related to Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter began to show up as 𝕏.Corp.
There were and still are multiple occasions in which Elon explains in interviews, conversations, and posts, that 𝕏 will be undergoing great change. Twitter, he has said, “was simply an accelerant to the creation of 𝕏.”
Do you remember when you could go to the website x.com and there would be a tiny little “x” in the upper left-hand corner of a big white void?
Today, when you go to the website, there is an Art Deco 𝕏, with the slogan “Happening Now“ over a more traditional blue background.
THE SLOGAN IN THE APP STORE IS “BLAZE YOUR GLORY!”
“Blaze Your Glory” suggests you will create a path of extraordinary success. You will leave an impact. “Blaze Your Glory” may encourage you to pursue your dreams, overcome obstacles, and leave behind a legacy that inspires others to follow their paths to glory.
A SHINING 𝕏 IN THE NIGHT OVER SF
For one magical night, the 𝕏 headquarters in San Francisco on Market Street had a shining, flashing, Art Deco, “𝕏” gracing the building’s rooftop.
At night, that “𝕏” sent a signal out through the electrons in the air and over the beautiful hills, buildings, neighborhoods, and streets of the city where so many people have left their hearts.
But Elon Musk has chosen to keep 𝕏 headquarters in SF, and not follow the trend to abandon it, relocating the business to Texas.
Change takes a gradual movement and does not happen overnight. I say this because some people are unaware of Twitter‘s transition into 𝕏. My smart, busy daughter that works in Austin wondered what that 𝕏 was on her phone, she had no idea it had changed until I told her. Likewise, my husband wasn’t aware until I told him.
I believe that 𝕏 will take hold in the lives of many people, offering them something that Twitter could not have given them. It will do what “Twitter” never could have done. For one, 𝕏, as Elon Musk has posted, is a place where Creators can make a living,
“People from every corner of the world post incredible content on 𝕏, but often live in tough circumstances, where even a few hundred dollars a month changes their life.”
People that may have been spectators, or never logged into Twitter, will one day become account owners. They will desire the secure payout and pay-in system that we will see on 𝕏.
DELIGHTING USERS WITH THE BEST VALUE
When I use 𝕏, I know that it is built with superior technology and designed to delight the user.
Tesla vehicles are a testament to customer satisfaction and joy over a beautiful product.
𝕏 is similar to Tesla in that the technology behind your experience on 𝕏 will be superior to any other internet product.
𝕏 is designed to delight you and give you more value than what you pay for it.
Elon Musk’s relentless focus on technology and engineering for Space𝕏, Tesla, Boring Co., and Neuralink, has been likened to “magic.” You don’t have to know how it works, it just does!
Elon can visualize, or see where something should go, and if there are no engineers that can do it, he will learn how to do it himself.
I’m excited to watch Twitter transform into 𝕏. It is wonderful, to watch the number of users, and the value that they receive increase. Soon we will forget about the birds, the tweets, and the retweets.
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