So ultimately... why was Twitter rebranded as X?

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Because Elon is essentially a 13 year old internet edgelord who thinks shit with "X" in it is edgy and cool.

See also: "SpaceX".

I bet he was one of those "Xx420Alphagamer69xX" gamer tags on Xbox live.
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