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Brainsick@kbin.social to Futurama @lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Elon's entire thought process when deciding to rename Twitter to 'X.'

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Elon's entire thought process when deciding to rename Twitter to 'X.'

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Brainsick@kbin.social to Futurama @lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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  • hydro033@kbin.social
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    His first website (or company?) was named X and he said he has a fondness for the letter, hence his son’s odd name, SpaceX, and the rebrand of twitter. He just likes the letter X.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk#X.com_and_PayPal

    • Karlos_Cantana@kbin.social
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      I like boobs. Imagine what the logo would be if I had bought Twitter.

      • Mountaineer@lemmy.world
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        I’d sign up to Titter.

        • silverbax@lemmy.world
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          You may be surprised to learn that Elon painted over the W in Twitter on the building in San Fransisco this week.

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            You mean a few months ago?

        • ipkpjersi@lemmy.one
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          We need a boobs social media platform. Now that’s a million dollar idea.

      • r00ty@kbin.life
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        Booby is a kind of bird. So, I mean… The logo doesn’t need to be THAT different.

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        deleted by creator

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          at the rate it’s going, it’ll be for a couple of bucks.

  • Helldiver_M@kbin.social
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    X Æ A-12 would be proud

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      that poor kid. He’s gonna be teased so hard.

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    I think it’s very appropriate to go ahead and call it the x-social media platform

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      Solid wordplay, good delivery, 10/10

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      Ex

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    The X is for Xtreme

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      I thought it was for the first thing I click when I find an open twitter tab.

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    I guess naming your business after your son is cool.

  • Ivan :catjam:@mastodon.social
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    @Brainsick Sure sounds cool, but why? Twitter is well known name

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      Because he’s a wealthy dingus who thinks he’s a genius? Who the hell knows what he’s attempting to accomplish. It’ll definitely affect search engine traffic in a negative way.

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      @mr_MADAFAKA

      I mean Facebook did the same thing. Maybe it’s to help distract from some of the negative press they’ve been getting. I don’t have any proof for this, and I kinda just made it up on the spot, but I could see it being the case. Either way, I agree it’s a stupid decision. Meta at least had the sense to change only the name of the company, and not the well-known product itself.

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    SimpsonsFuturama did it

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