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Fortune
Fortune
Eleanor Pringle

Musk admitted X 'might fail'—then the social network accidentally removed swathes of historic content

The new (Twitter) logo rebranded as X displayed on mobile with Elon Musk in the background

It seems like Elon Musk's infinite faith in X—formerly known as Twitter—might finally be running dry. The owner of the company—who is also the CEO of Tesla, and founder of the Boring Company and SpaceX—admitted the platform "may fail, as so many have predicted."

Spectators have been watching to see if X will survive mass layoffs, advertisers leaving en masse, public scraps between Musk and former employees, and other major cost-saving efforts.

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