Wednesday, 01 January 2025 11:07

Why did Musk change his online name and avatar?

Musk changed his online name from "Elon Musk" to "Kekius Maximus" today, causing a lot of controversy.

He has 21 million followers since registering on Twitter. His profile picture shows a "Pepe the Frog clad in golden armor while holding a video game controller."

 

Musk changed his online name from

 

Pepe is a character from a cartoon series popular with right-wing and white supremacists.

 

Seems to be inspired by the game Path of Exile 2.

 

It is reported that the billionaire likes to play this game very much. Musk tweeted that he would soon reach level 80 in the game.

 

Path of Exile 2

 

"Kekius Maximus" is also the name of a digital currency. This afternoon, as Musk changed the name to this, the virtual currency increased by 900%.

 

The root cause of this matter is that netizens questioned Musk's use of the trumpet "Dittman", but Musk disagreed with this statement. At the same time, the person "Dittman" has only appeared on X.