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Re: X.com

#11
A great throwback to the nicer and simpler web of the 90s that so many of us grew up loving. Informative, no-nonsense content, fast loading even on a 28kbps modem, no BS tracking and analytics and ads and popups.

Re: X.com

#12

Didn't this used to be owned by PayPal?

ooh From Wikipedia: On July 5, 2017 Elon Musk repurchased the domain name X.com from PayPal.[5][6] On 14 July 2017, Musk announced the "launch of x.com" on Twitter.[7] When the page launch it consisted of a blank white page with one "x" in the top left corner.[8]

Someone on Twitter suggested he use x.com as his Alphabet type of holding company, and he agreed that might be the best idea for it.

Re: X.com

#13
It seems there's an open opportunity: single letter domain names see only very limited use.

I've just scanned through, and only x.com, q.com, and z.com resolved. q.com redirects to a centurylink setup page, and z.com is a japanese media group.

Re: X.com

#20

A great throwback to the nicer and simpler web of the 90s that so many of us grew up loving. Informative, no-nonsense content, fast loading even on a 28kbps modem, no BS tracking and analytics and ads and popups.

I just finished a project where I tried to fulfill those ideals, but it still comes in at around 200kb.
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