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		Razengan 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: X.org Security Advisory: multiple security issues ... How did Twitter get away with taking X.com? If it was the other way around, would an open source or whatever project have been able to take Twitter.org?

bastawhiz 3 months ago [–]

It was from x.com in the late 90s, merged with PayPal, Elon took the domain with him.

Razengan 3 months ago | [–]

Ah forgot about that. Didn't think it'd predate x.org

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