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X's DM feature is getting rebranded as XChat, which sounds like an adult messaging service


X's DM feature is getting rebranded as XChat, which sounds like an adult messaging service.

Elon Musk’s steady mission to erase every trace of Twitter’s former identity continues — and the next feature on the chopping block appears to be Direct Messages. The change was first hinted at by Zach Warunek, a software engineer at X, who responded to a user reporting issues with DM message requests. Back in February, the X CEO stated that he eventually plans to stop using a phone number altogether, opting to handle all texts and calls exclusively through X.

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