"Just Change Your Name"… Musk, Who Renamed to X, Makes Another "Twitter" Mistake

After Renaming Twitter to X in 2022
Musk's Slip Sparks Wave of Online Mockery

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, made a mistake by referring to X (formerly Twitter), which he acquired, as Twitter once again. Netizens mocked the fact that the platform's name has still not settled even after the acquisition and renaming.

On the 24th (local time), Musk posted on X, "Twitter added many more features with fewer staff," and claimed, "What is really important to raise the standard of living for Americans is to move people in low-productivity government jobs to high-productivity industry jobs." He added, "More people are needed in manufacturing." Many netizens commented on the post, mocking Musk with remarks such as, "You changed it to X yourself, and now you call it Twitter," "What era of Twitter are you talking about?", "Is it X or Twitter? Just pick one," and "What exactly is Twitter?"

Musk made the mistake of calling X "Twitter" again. Netizens continued to mock the platform as it still has not settled on a name even after the acquisition. Photo by Reuters and Yonhap News.

Previously, around October 2022, Musk completed the acquisition of Twitter and changed the service name to X the following year. Even though more than two years have passed since the platform name was changed, the name does not seem to have fully settled yet. Musk himself, who personally changed the service name, also often makes the mistake of calling X Twitter. When the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court ordered a ban on blocking access to X in August last year, Musk criticized Brazil while mistakenly referring to X as Twitter.

During Donald Trump's second administration, Musk led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and pushed for large-scale reductions in government employees, arguing that federal government workers should leave low-productivity public positions and work for companies. In particular, on the 22nd, Musk announced via X, "All federal government employees will soon receive an email requesting them to report what they did last week, as per the president's directive," adding, "Failure to respond will be considered a resignation." The subject of the email Musk sent to government workers was "What did you do last week?" and the body contained a request to "submit a list of about five achievements from last week." The deadline was set for the 24th at 11:59 PM.

On the 23rd, organizations including the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), a public servant union, filed a lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regarding Musk's email. They argued that the demand to report work details instructed by Musk via email was illegal and unfair. Asia Economy

In response to Musk's email, organizations including the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), a government workers' union, filed a lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on the 23rd. They argued that Musk's directive to report work details via email was illegal and unfair. The AFGE stated, "Federal employees previously did not have to submit such work report emails to OPM," and added, "OPM did not comply with any procedural requirements related to this new program."

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