Elon Musk calls 'X' as 'Twitter' in a post, forgets he rebranded social media platform

Billionaire and X owner Elon Musk appeared to have forgotten the name of his own company which he had rebranded after taking over and is now known as X instead of Twitter.

Musk was mocked by the netizens when he shared a post in which his social media platform was called Twitter and not X.

Even after the rebranding, many users continue to call the social media platform by its old name and now with even Musk calling it Twitter, the success of the rebranding is under question.

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Elon Musk's historic rebranding of Twitter

In October 2022, the billionaire took over Twitter in a $44 billion deal and rebranded the social media platform as "X" in a controversial but major move which received a lot of disapproval.

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As per the reports, the rebranding led to a decrease in the market value of the platform by billions of dollars.

However, many old-time users are still calling the social media platform Twitter and not X.

The news websites, while calling it X, have been adding the disclaimer as "formerly called Twitter".

In May 2024, Musk also shifted the website URL from Twitter.com to X.com and has even hosted polls asking users if they prefer old Twitter or the rebranded X.

But now the owner of X also appeared to have forgotten that he had rebranded his website. In a post shared on the social media platform, Musk himself has called the social media network Twitter.

While referring to the recent ban on X in Brazil, Tesla's billionaire CEO shared a meme in which a man was seen with wads of cash. “POV: VPN companies after Brazil bannedTwitter,” the caption read.

Netizens react to Musk's blunder

The social media users immediately called Musk for making the mistake of calling X as Twitter.

His post received more than 62 million views and more than thousands of comments which trolled him.

“The rebranding is going so well, even the CEO still calls it Twitter,” said one X user.

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“They banned which app exactly??” asked another user sarcastically.

“You can tell the rebrand is going very well and definitely not an utter failure when the owner is still calling it Twitter over a year later after the change,” wrote a third user.

(With inputs from agencies)