- By Ashish Singh
- Mon, 01 Jul 2024 01:53 PM (IST)
- Source:IANS
Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, claimed on Monday that the majority of traffic on his social media platform X comes from around the globe, transforming it into a group chat for Earth. Globally, X now has 600 million monthly active users (MAUs).
Musk wrote, "X is the group chat for Earth." In the words of one user, "X is a global town square for the people" Another user remarked, "New X feature inbound on Earth Chat. "
The billionaire businessman, who paid $44 billion to purchase X (formerly known as Twitter) in 2022, wants to transform the platform into an "everything app" that allows users to share videos and TV episodes as well as make digital payments.
Additionally, Musk asserted that the US is experiencing an all-time high in X usage. The owner of X declared, "Around 76 billion total user-seconds in the US, beating the previous record by 5 per cent."According to a March X report, users are averaging 30 minutes a day on the network.
In October 2022, Twitter was essentially a 140-character messaging service until Musk bought it. Approximately 3,500 creators were using the platform at the time of its $44 billion acquisition.
Meanwhile, YouTube is creating a new feature that would allow users to see what's inside a video. Until recently, Elon Musk's X has offered the Community Notes function, which allows users to verify the veracity of the content.
The report now claims that a new feature that allows users to add community-sourced context to videos. It will be called Notes and will allow people to provide additional material to help define what the video is about.
