Say goodbye to the name Twitter’s Bird. Elon Musk changing Twitter logo to ‘X’

The @ is also being dropped and all usernames are now in the format "xXusernameXx"

Forty-four billion dollars to not have the employees, offices, servers, code, reputation, vetting, or brand.

And his hot new name for this smoldering ruin is... X.

Absolute fucking child.

I could not care less about what Musk does. But the slow collapse of Twitter is entertaining.

Imagine wanting to change the name of a world recognized company and the best you can come up with is "X". 💀

I'm sure it'll be a stylised X with serifs on each corner.

Possibly on a red and white background.

Wow. Nobody has ever thought of using an X in their branding before. What a brilliant idea. This man's vision knows no bounds. 🙄

That's very on brand for Musk, he seems to have an obsession with Xs.

There's idiotic and then there's Elon

No one should pay attention to the name change. Just keep calling it Twitter. Like people won't acknowledge that he doesn't call himself Kanye anymore because he's a piece of shit and why honor anything he asks for?

Should have gone with 'F'

Ironic or not: Soon it will be known as "Ex-Twitter".

X is a truly unique sign, very good choice. Very recognizable

It'll be an anti-clockwise spinning X, with speed lines extending from the tips.

Am I the only one old enough to remember when "Brand X" was the obviously substandard brand that all the name brands compared themselves to?

Well, it's a good thing I switched to Wayland.

I can only hope that governments finally take that as hint to explore other platforms (Mastodon *hint* *hint*) for their public service announcements.

I’m not clicking on Fox and giving them ad revenue. Anyone got a mirror?

I thought I was reading a headline from The Onion at first.

Said farewell back last November. Fuck that fascist platform.

How long after this will the S, 3, and Y be added?

I’m confused. I thought companies spend millions of dollars trying to build up a reputable and recognisable branding. Now he’s doing that but backwards.

Thank me later Musk (also that would $1000)

Does that mean that Tweeting will become "Xing"? That doesn't sound quite right.

The guy is straight up insane. He's obsessed with the letter X.

But I don't care. X is the symbol of death eyes on a smiley. Guess the bird is dead.

Anyone who doesn’t believe Elon is taking Twitter on purpose is a fucking moron.

For a moment there, it looked like predictors of twitters final demise were going to be proven wrong - or would at least have trouble making a clear distinction in light of how durable twitter has been. Instead Musk is about to toss brand loyalty in the trash and paint a clear line for before-musk, after-musk. No version that succeeds twitter will ever be the twitter that rose to success, but now even a layperson will know the difference . May as well be an obituary.

Didn't knew Elon was such a fan of X11

Might as well put a placeholder in for the logo. Seems like Twitter is well on it's way towards being sold to Truth Social or some other neo-Nazi organization.

For the record, I deactivated my account yesterday. 4,000 followers over the past few years, but it was time.

Goodness, the comments on that article made me lose brain cells.

Yep, the name and branding were the problem. Nailed it!

I think à "Y" would carry the brand's new direction better.

Sweet of him to name it after one of his children.

I am interested in the new Reddit name

My thoughts on this: https://sethgoldstein.me/people-who-stay-on-twitter-are-aiding-musk-in-his-antics/

I guess X Æ A-12 was already taken so he went with X.

Wont there be a trademark problem with Xorg? It's too similar in terms of name and logo

🥱 This so-called man is so boring.

So he bought the users and is hoping some of them stay while he rebrands? Or he genuinely just wants to destroy Twitter? I just have no idea what this man is doing, but perhaps he'll prove us all wrong and show that he really is a genius in a five years?

wait musk is pulling a card from Facebook Meta's playbook? interesting

The Power Puff Girls called, they want their chemical back!

He can change the name to Twitler. Not a big change but much more fitting.@Technological_Burger

I had to reread this 3 times because it feels like an article from the Onion

This man should stop naming things.

Dude is determined to ruin Twitter by making it unrecognizable…

It's like... is he doing this on purpose?

I mean he started with x.com and so it seems fitting that he might also end his career with it.

Say goodbye to the name Twitter 's Bird. Elon Musk changing Twitter logo to 'X'

Fixed that for you

Yay, Elon learned his 24th letter!

It's quite Xpected but what a way to fumble 40 mil

It would be perfect if he can add two more ‘X’

Where the fuck is an X in Twitter? Is this a rebrand?

Xwitter?
Txitter?
Twxtter?
Twixxer?
Twittxr?
Twittex?

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I've already given up on Twitter, having no real attachment to the platform anymore, so all that remains for me is genuine curiosity and excitement as to what the platform is going to become.

Because "X: the everything app" is an ambitious project done by one of the biggest social media apps, I think whatever happens next is going to be very interesting.

You got me in the first half.

Why we linking fox business 🤮

Considering no one here uses twitter you guys sure do complain about it a lot

Put in two more X's and it'll be...

...oh nvm, it already is.

'WAHHH B-BUT FASC--"

Sorry lad, but you can't change the world by shouting buzzwords at others and expect em to (magically) become the way you want em to b--- sorry, "different". N-n-no, wait...! Uhm... more.... "socially accepted" towards an "excluded minority". :^)