The domain X.com had previously been used by sites running afoul of the country’s rules on “negative” content.

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    Maybe they should have done a little industry research to see if this was a good idea.

    Oh well, Elon Musk Genius, Dogecoin dogecoin dogecoin, monkey art

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      They did, many years ago with the PayPal merge. Musk wanted x.com, all the research said people saw it negatively, and Musk still pushed for it, until eventually he was ousted as CEO.

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      What’s also weird is that Twitter does in fact contain a lot of porn. When Tumblr banned porn, Twitter was one of the top choices that people were recommending.