Opinion: Elon Musk has replaced Twitter with X - and an actual business with science fiction

Former Twitter and current X CEO Linda Yaccarino heralded the venture in a series of what were formerly known as tweets - now, apparently they're supposed to be called 'xeets'. — AP

RIP Twitter. Welcome to the world, uh, X.

We all know that the world's richest man is impetuous and more than happy to court controversy. Even so, Elon Musk's sudden move over the weekend to transform Twitter, the social media company he purchased for US$44bil (RM201bil) last year, into an entity obliquely named after the 24th letter of the alphabet, struck even his admirers as bizarre and ill-conceived.