X (social platform)

X is a social networking service for posting and sharing short messages, media, and links. It was known as Twitter until its 2023 renaming.

Post (social media): A post is a message or media item published on a social platform. Posts are X’s basic units of public expression and sharing.
Twitter: Twitter was a social networking service centered on short public messages, launched in 2006. X inherited Twitter’s service, users, and much of its infrastructure.
Linda Yaccarino: Linda Yaccarino is an American media executive who became chief executive of X in 2023. She led X’s business operations after Musk’s acquisition.
Content moderation: Content moderation is the enforcement of rules governing material shared on online services. X’s moderation changes have influenced debates over platform governance.
Threads: Threads is a text-centered social networking service launched by Meta in 2023. Threads competes for users seeking an alternative to X’s public conversation.
Hashtag: A hashtag is a word or phrase preceded by a symbol that groups posts by topic. Hashtags make X posts discoverable through shared topics.
Jack Dorsey: Jack Dorsey is an American technology entrepreneur who co-founded Twitter. Dorsey helped create the service that later became X.
Parag Agrawal: Parag Agrawal is an Indian-American technology executive who served as Twitter’s chief executive from 2021 to 2022. His tenure ended when Musk acquired Twitter.
Misinformation: Misinformation is false or inaccurate information shared without necessarily intending to deceive. False claims can spread rapidly through X’s public network.
Mastodon: Mastodon is a decentralized social networking service built from independently operated servers. Its federated structure contrasts with X’s centrally operated platform.

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Tucker CarlsonRelated: Carlson has used its video and posting features to distribute commentary independently.