Elon Musk’s Pivot to X Draws Strong Opinions Across Twitter

Elon Musk’s rebranding of Twitter to X elicited excitement, exasperation and effrontery from users as they adjusted to the billionaire’s latest change in remaking the social-media platform he acquired last year. Reactions in the Twitterverse after Musk’s Sunday announcement ranged from dismay at Musk bringing an end to Twitter’s globally recognized blue bird brand to jokes and sarcasm about the new “X” branding to excitement about the billionaire’s ambition to turn X.com into a so-called everything app—in which the platform would offer an ambitious array of services including audio, video,...