If Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter closes, the billionaire will have taken the first step toward something he calls 'X,' his vision for a new kind of social media platform that most in the US haven't experienced before.
might look for inspiration from Tencent's WeChat, a Chinese social media juggernaut that's one of the largest super-apps in the world.e — from messaging and video chatting to video games, photo sharing, ride services, food delivery, banking, and shopping.
In this photo illustration, the WeChat app is displayed in the App Store on an Apple iPhone on August 7, 2020 in Washington, DC."If you're in China, you kind of live on WeChat," he said."It does everything — sort of like Twitter, plus PayPal, plus a whole bunch of things, and all rolled into one, with a great interface. It's really an excellent app, and we don't have anything like that outside of China.
"I think if we could achieve that, or even close to that with Twitter, it would be an immense success," he said. Matt Navarra, a top social media consultant, told Insider it wouldn't make sense to gut Twitter and turn it into a super-app, but it could become a sort of"mini-app" within Musk's larger platform.Musk has also discussed creating a social media platform built on a blockchain. The billionaire is known for his
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