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On Monday morning, TwitterA social media network, now known as X and owned by Elon Musk. users had a big surprise. The social media site's light-blue bird logo was replaced by a white letter X on a black background.

Twitter owner and world's richest man Elon MuskA South African-born entrepreneur whose companies have included the online payment service PayPal. He now controls Twitter, renamed 'X'. tweeted: "Soon we shall bid adieuSay goodbye. to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds."

The users were angry. Despite the change, the website address remains twitter.com.

Musk bought Twitter for £44bn in October. He was forced to buy it after trying to back out. Twitter has been in chaos since. Musk immediately sackedHave a job taken away. 80% of the company's staff. He loosened rules on what could be on the platform.

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And he has limitedReduced in number. the number of tweets users could view - despite the fact that the site makes money from people viewing adverts. Some think the company might be running out of money.

There is a big idea behind the change. Musk wants to turn Twitter into an "everything app" called X. It would be an app where people can share ideas - but also buy things, and more.

Twitter was very successful. Its logo was well-known. It even added the word "tweet" to the dictionaryA book with a big list of words and their meanings. . ExpertSomeone who knows a lot about a particular subject. Mike Proulx says: "In one fell swoop, Elon Musk has essentially wiped out 15 years of brand value from Twitter and is now essentially starting from scratch."

Yes! Musk has been very successful. He has worked on electric cars, space travel, super-fast transport and AIA computer programme that has been designed to think. . He may have a great plan for Twitter.

No! Musk is showing that he has no idea what he is doing. He is harming Twitter more than he is helping it.