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Re: X.com

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Post by cartyboi29 » Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 12:28 AM UTC

zck wrote: post #14

There are two validation errors in the source! https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2F&cha...

Oh wow 10/10 great find.... Get a girl homie

Re: X.com

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Post by _jn » Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 1:05 AM UTC

taheca wrote: post #12

chaoticmass wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Sounded [0] more like a suggestion to use it as a list of companies he's involved in, not a company by itself...

[0]: https://twitter.com/jondaily83/status/884689301002362880

Re: X.com

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Post by unstatusthequo » Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 1:27 AM UTC

nvr219 wrote: post #16

Why's Elon using godaddy

Damn good point. Seems like the ideals don't match up.

Re: X.com

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 1:31 AM UTC

InitialLastName wrote: post #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.

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Re: X.com

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Post by relaxitup » Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 4:07 AM UTC

Chrome no likey the SSL cert

Re: X.com

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Post by matthberg » Sat, Jul 15, 2017, 4:12 AM UTC

This was the name of Elon Musk's banking startup which later merged with PayPal. Elon acquired the domain recently, though we don't know what he will use it for.