5 Big Changes X Has Undergone Since Elon Musk Bought It

Producer: Priyanka Das Editor: Manuj Yadav

X under Musk has drastically changed as a platform.

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Since acquisition in October 2022, Musk and team have made many core changes.

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Users are divided if these changes are good or bad for the platform.

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Here, lets see 5 major changes that X has undergone.

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Rebranding to X—eliminating the Twitter brand name.

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Removal of Legacy Blue Ticks—now, users need to purchase X Premium to get verified.

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Tweets are now referred to as 'Posts.'

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The ability to post 1080p videos up to 3 hours in length for X Premium users.

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Removal of SMS-based two-factor authentication for free users.

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