--- title: "X.com Is Telling People That It’s “Parked by GoDaddy”" description: "After hastily announcing that Twitter would be rebranding as \"X,\" the rollout has hit some major snags with \"x.com\" redirection issues." date: "2023-07-24" modified: "2023-07-24" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/x-dot-com-parked-godaddy" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "elon musk" - "the digest" - "twitter" - "x.com" --- # X.com Is Telling People That It’s “Parked by GoDaddy” ![After hastily announcing that Twitter would be rebranding as "X," the rollout has hit some major snags with "x.com" redirection issues.]() *\Image: Futurism\* ## Marks the Spot So much for the big X rollout! As Futurism staffers, [Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey](), and [other writers]() have discovered, The [hastily-announced rollout of the rebrand](), which Elon says will involve changing the name of Twitter to X and changing its web address from Twitter.com to X.com, is apparently hitting some major snags. Why? For many people, X.com redirects to a GoDaddy landing page instead of the $44 billion social network. "X.com is parked free, courtesy of GoDaddy.com," reads the error message received by a substantial number of users. While X.com does indeed redirect to Twitter for some folks, others still are getting neither the intended site nor the GoDaddy message. Instead, they're getting a secret third thing: an error message that either says the site cannot be reached or that there is "a typo in .twitter.com." https://twitter.com/rothschildmd/status/1683289016723202050?s=20 ## X-Rated Twitter/X owner Elon Musk has a history with the letter, which was previously [used for the online banking service]() he co-founded that eventually became Paypal. As tech thinker [Paris Marx notes](), Musk really, really wanted Paypal to be called "X" — so much so that although he was pushed out following the company's merger with Peter Thiel's Confinity startup and subsequently ousted in the year 2000, he not only reacquired the X.com domain name in 2017, but also floated the idea of re-acquiring Paypal so that he could call it "X." (And let's not get into the fact that one of his many kids is [named a string of letters and numbers]() starting with the letter X.) Thus far, neither Musk nor new Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino have said, er, jack about the glaring error, and when we reached out to Twitter's press email for response, we [received an automated message]() about someone getting back to us soon — which is, at least, better than the poop emoji auto-reply that [predated the new chief executive's installation](). **More on Elon's antics:** [*Elon Musk Says Universe May Be Twice as Old as We Think, Dark Matter Seems "Sketch"*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()