Elon Musk bought Twitter, changed its name to X and launched a whole lot of features to compete with other apps. You can now make video calls on X, you can try out the latest AI features and generate images on X and soon you will get features like payment too.

But the whole genesis of X (we still call Twitter most times) as a micro-blogging platform has been taken away since Musk’s decision to make a business out of his reported $44 billion purchase. 

The recent spurt of outages reported about X clearly paints a worrying picture, let alone the annoying level of bots, spam and verified accounts with no real person character hogging the platform. Add to that you have weird gambling ads spanning all over with people supposedly verified. 

‘Verified’ Loses Its Purpose 

Musk decided to monetise the value of being verified, which meant, you just had to sign up for the X Premium versions and get the blue tick. With Twitter, the process was far more legitimate and only worked if your profile was linked to an organisation that can verify your credibility. 

Now, you can pay up and get verified. This has resulted in a bigger pool of fake users who can take advantage of the blue tick on X profile and look to create chaos on the platform in multiple ways. 

More Features But Less Effective 

X now supports video calling, AI chatbot, lets you generate AI images, analyse research papers and gives you the option to avoid ads with the premium version. Micro-blogging is no longer the highlight of the platform, as you can write long articles, and get paid for people just reading/viewing it. The blocking has lot its purpose on X as people can still view the content and replies from other people. 

So, yeah, the actual functioning of the platform has taken a hit for some reason and you don’t need to look beyond the actual X feed to realise the stark difference in quality of content as well as people showing up on your timeline. 

The amount of explicit content that one sees on the platform is beyond acceptable and if Musk wants people to pay for the service to stop seeing them then his model clearly lacks real purpose to succeed in the market. 

Yes, he might make claims that X is the go-to platform for news breaks and headlines, which you can vouch for since the Twitter days, but if the current situation does not improve, he can surely expect people to head off to newer pastures. 

Living On A Legacy 

If Musk had started X as a standalone app and not rebranded Twitter, the platform might have never got the traction and interest it has now. The developers and engineers over at X has allegedly been overworked with demanding timelines.

But the results are not showing their impact, especially with the performance of the app (both mobile and web). And the content hygiene needs a serious overhaul so that X could become the Twitter that everyone loved, and used for news, updates and sharing their views. 

So, Mr. Musk, it is time you fix the mess over at X, take over the daily running at the platform (among other companies you own) and please give us the old Twitter back in your version.