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		mtmail on July 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elon Musk Bought X.com for Twitter - "On July 5 2017, Musk repurchased the domain name X.com from PayPal." - "In December 2017, X.com redirected visitors to The Boring Company's website, which Musk also owns." So the claim he bought it for Twitter is false

room505 on July 23, 2023 [–]

x.com redirects to twitter.com

mtmail on July 23, 2023 | [–]

He bought the domain 6 years ago. He clearly didn't buy it for Twitter.

room505 on July 24, 2023 | | [–]

Oh, my mistake. Sorry for the confusion.

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