Why Twitter’s Blue Check rebrand has men in the doghouse: Man jokes he’s ‘sleeping on the couch’ after his wife finds ‘X Premium’ on his credit card statement – as users claim it sounds like a porn site
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Straining marital relationships may not have been Elon Musk’s intention when he changed Twitter to “X.”
But one user joked that he was forced to “sleep on the couch” after his spouse misinterpreted the new name for X’s subscription service on their credit card statement.
Alex Cohen (@anothercohen) from Texas posted a screenshot of a message he received from his wife about a charge on their credit card on “X Premium.”
As part of Musk’s rebranding, Twitter Blue – the monthly subscription service – has been changed to “X Premium,” which users say “sounds like a porn site.”
Another user said it seems like the staff at Musk and X go to great lengths to make it look like you’re paying for porn.
X user @anothercohen posted a screenshot of a message he received from his wife about a charge on their credit card on ‘X Premium’
Musk took over Twitter in October and just changed its name to X as part of plans to turn it into what he describes as an “everything” app (file photo)
Cohen’s tweet, which received more than 80,000 likes, shows his wife’s post saying, “Um, what’s “X Premium” for $8/month on the Chase card?”
He replied, “…how do I explain this” and posted the screenshot of the conversation with the caption “I’m sleeping on the couch tonight.”
Other users online have made comparisons to the name of the new subscription service and questionable X-rated websites.
One of them said, “Imagine having to explain to your partner that X Premium is not a porn site.”
Another posted: ‘Can’t believe they actually call it X Premium. Who wants that on their bank statement? It’s like they’ve gone out of their way to make it look like you’re paying for porn.
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X Premium – or Twitter Blue as it used to be known – costs from $8 / £9.60 per month and gives users access to exclusive features that non-paying users can’t access.
These include the ability to edit tweets, undo a tweet immediately after posting, and post tweets of up to 25,000 characters.
Subscribers also get a coveted blue checkmark next to their account name to indicate that they are ‘verified’.
The letter X has a personal meaning to Elon Musk as it was the name of one of his first companies
X users have made comparisons to the name of the new subscription service and questionable X-rated websites
One user said, ‘Who wants that on their bank statement? It’s like they went out of their way to make it look like you’re paying for porn’
‘It sounds like you’re paying for porn’: Users aren’t convinced the new name is a good idea
X Premium still has all the exclusive features of Twitter Blue, including the ability to edit tweets
To the chagrin of many, features that used to be free to users are now becoming X Premium exclusives, such as the ability to send a direct message (DM) to someone you don’t follow.
Musk also said this weekend that only X Premium subscribers can monetize their posts.
Users who get enough impressions on their posts are entitled to a share of X’s advertising revenue – as long as they are over 18 years old with at least 500 followers and are X Premium subscribers.
Musk took over Twitter in October and changed its name to X as part of the first steps towards making it an “everything” app.
This app could one day include social networking as well as online services and utilities such as ridesharing, finance, food delivery and more.
The billionaire said, “Twitter was acquired by X Corp, both to safeguard freedom of speech and as an accelerator for X, the everything app.”
The letter X has a personal meaning to Musk, as it was the name of one of his first companies before merging with a competitor and eventually becoming PayPal.
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Musk has confirmed criteria for users who can monetize their posts. It’s not surprising that you’ve signed up for the site’s $8/£9.60 per month subscription service.
A shiny ‘X’ logo was installed at the platform’s San Francisco headquarters before being removed due to complaints from local residents
Musk also founded a new company this year called X.AI, which could developing a less censored alternative to ChatGPT, which he refers to as ‘TruthGPT’.
One of his children with Canadian musician Grimes is also referred to as ‘X AE A-XII Musk’, with X as a first name.
Musk ushered in the rebrand late last month by installing a huge neon “X” logo on the roof of the platform’s San Francisco headquarters.
However, it was removed just over 48 hours later due to complaints from local residents and because it violated the city’s permitting orders.
Also this weekend, Musk said his company will foot the bill for anyone “treated unfairly” by his employer for liking posts on X.
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