Elon Musk Teases X.com as a Potential Social Media Site of His Own

In yet another chapter ofElon Musk’sconquest to own Twitter , the billionaire cryptically teased X.com — a potential new social mass medium platform — in a response to a tweet ask what his plan were if his softwood topurchase Twitterdoesn’t go through .

Another day , another Elon headline . The billionaire technical school tycoon is in the midst of a heated up battle to purchase the democratic societal media website Twitter . However , Musk appear to be betoken his following of creating his own social media political platform in a dramatic response to the Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley on Twitter . When the group asked Musk on Twitter if he plans on creating his own social media platform arrogate his deal to purchase Twitter does n’t go through , Musksuccinctly repliedwith a website domain : X.com .

Yahoo Financesays that Musk purchased X.com in 2017 from PayPal , of which he is a former chief executive officer . Musk actually co - founded X.com back in 1999 as an online bank , before the website was coalesce with a rival in 2000 . Musk then bought X.com back 17 years later , explain on Twitterthat the domain had “ great sentimental note value ” and thatthe best useof the knowledge base would be as an umbrella website that would lead drug user to Musk ’s other ventures like Tesla and SpaceX.

Musk has been in an on-again, off-again relationship with his Twitter deal for some time now.

Musk has been in an on-again, off-again relationship with his Twitter deal for some time now.Image: Scott Olson (Getty Images)

This puzzle that X.com might presently be used as a potential competition to Twitter , also comes after Muskdecided to sell$6.9 Billion in Tesla stock , despite saying he would n’t trade more . looker-on hint the move is in preparation of being force to make good on his $ 44 billion pass to purchase Twitter .

TL;DR : he ’s train to either create his own societal medium site and/or follow through with his original mission to buy Twitter .

This whole slaughter started sooner this twelvemonth , with Twitter and Muskentering serious discussionsin April to purchase the website . However , Musk announced a few week later on thatthe deal was on hold , cite his interest in figuring out what percentage of the Twitter population was really bots , beforeaxing the dealin July — a move that has since landed Musk insome hot water .

X.com in its current state.