The Twitter Rebrand

[clearspira]

Elon Musk is renaming Twitter to X.

Just X. No this is not an April Fool.

https://www.politico.eu/article/twitter ... -platform/

The reason why is actually what was rumoured to have been the reason he bought Twitter in the first place: he wants to create a ''do-everything'' ap using Twitter's infrastructure. Your shopping, banking, social media etc. all done through one place - Elon's place. The ''damage'' to Twitter as the conspiracy theories foretold, may have been intentional.

These aps BTW are massive in places like S. Korea where they have really taken off. The West is lagging behind a bit. I say ''lagging behind a bit'' because I sure as heck ain't using it. One hack and they have EVERYTHING.

[CharlesPhipps]

I mean, I don't WANT Twitter to collapse.

I have spent 10 years building my followers and use as an advertising platform as an indie author.

But Musk has somehow caused it's value to halve.

[hammerofglass]

At this point the only thing Twitter has over the dozen or so microblogging competitors is the name recognition, and now it won't even have that.

[TGLS]

At this point the only thing Twitter has over the dozen or so microblogging competitors is the name recognition, and now it won't even have that.

Well there are still the network effects, but that might be overcome.

[Riedquat]

Elon Musk is renaming Twitter to X.

Just X. No this is not an April Fool.

https://www.politico.eu/article/twitter ... -platform/

The reason why is actually what was rumoured to have been the reason he bought Twitter in the first place: he wants to create a ''do-everything'' ap using Twitter's infrastructure. Your shopping, banking, social media etc. all done through one place - Elon's place. The ''damage'' to Twitter as the conspiracy theories foretold, may have been intentional.

These aps BTW are massive in places like S. Korea where they have really taken off. The West is lagging behind a bit. I say ''lagging behind a bit'' because I sure as heck ain't using it. One hack and they have EVERYTHING.

I wouldn't call not having gone (yet) in a bad direction "lagging behind."

I'd have thought it would've been cheaper to build the infrastructure, purpose-built. If you are going to buy and use it then destroying a very recognisable brand instead of making use of that brand is still a stupid move; Musk doesn't actually gain anything that I can see by destroying Twitter. If he was trying to do what you suggest and didn't want it he could still sell the brand off again, if he's not trashed it first.

[Thebestoftherest]

I think he been drinking his own kool aid and just delsisional.

[TGLS]

Now the real funny part is that Meta already owns the rights to a social media logo called X which could cause Elon some problems.

[Madner Kami]

Now the real funny part is that Meta already owns the rights to a social media logo called X which could cause Elon some problems.

Yeah, when I read that, I burst into laughter for a solid minute. If Zuckerberg sues Musk for it, I'll need a vacation for the burst of laughter.

[m4a2000]

This is just so stupid. "Tweet" has been in the lexicon for over a DECADE! It is a verb! Just like how googling is a verb. Why throw the name away for an 'everything app' YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE YET?!?

I only have a Twitter account for something work related and us moving off of Twitter has come up a few times. Honestly I'm shocked as many state agency are still on there as they are, but something is going to give and when it does the fallout is going to be a mess.

[Madner Kami]

Police crashed Elon Musk's attempt to take down Twitter's sign outside San Francisco headquarters (Business Insider)

Musk orders to take down the Twitter-sign on their San Franciso Headquarters. Police arrives on scene, asks for the permit to have the crane on the street for the removal. Musk, of course, has none. Sign-removal stopped halfway through by police. People are having a field day with it, proposing for example, that the police should've stopped them when the technician had removed the letters "ter", so "Twit" is left on the sign.



I love this shitshow. Can't get enough of seeing the twit fail hard. He's like King Midas. Except his touch turns everything into shit.