Say goodbye to the name Twitter’s Bird. Elon Musk changing Twitter logo to ‘X’
Say goodbye to the name Twitter’s Bird. Elon Musk changing Twitter logo to ‘X’
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"
Usernames may only be appended with the following numeric combinations: 420, 69, 666
Hey it's Twitter, don't forget 14 and 88
Everyone on twitter is going to become an ePiC pRo GaMeR from 2016
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 grew such hatred for this man in the past years I wish he would just ruin himself and not hear a delusional thing from him ever again.
I was thinking of that. By this guy I’d also the one that is associated with spaceX, Sterling, neuralink and Tesla.
Even if he is only a marketer or a shill or just lucky or whatever; I recognize the fact that not everyone is that lucky or ‘in the right place at the right time’ that often. So there’s got to be something he is doing right.
And that then leads me to wondering, how do you handle that? As a public figure, everything he fits is open to the world, but do you any I always make perfect decisions 100% of the times? And do we really expect anyone to make perfect decisions all the time?
If him and bezos were thinking of always being right, they simply wouldn’t be where they are today. And then you can make the argument that maybe we would have been better off. But what’s to say there wouldn’t have been someone else?
Sorry, didn’t mean to get all philosophical, but I am getting to ignoring billionaires shenanigans than trying to understand the reasoning. Just like I ignore the life of the other 99.9% of the world.
I was 10 years old and got a GameCube game called Hot Wheels Velocity X. I hadn’t played it yet, but I told my friend I knew it would be cool because of the X.
That’s what Elon is like, and again, I was 10 years old
But did it turn out to be a cool game?
This man needs to be investigated as a national security threat. There's no way this isn't intentional sabotage at this point. It's not an accident that he got the money for this from Saudis who benefit from destroying twitter.
Is not that bad lol he does that just to gain attraction and you are being baited
He's only being incompetent for attention, says someone who thinks they're defending him.
I could not care less about what Musk does. But the slow collapse of Twitter is entertaining.
I'm amazed how many people are still sticking with it despite everything.
Now imagine how many people are sticking with Reddit 😭
The only reason 90% of people there are still staying is because of the content that other people post so it'd require a mass exodus of almost everyone to another, single website
I care a lot because he fucks up a lot more than just social media.
Also the collapse has not been slow, it's been positively rapid and, as someone who never used or liked Twitter in the first place, I'm also enjoying it.
Imagine wanting to change the name of a world recognized company and the best you can come up with is "X". 💀
and somehow it's still better than his kids names
That actually is what he calls one of his kids per a friend at SpaceX who sees him with said child
When Blackwater started to feel the heat from the shit they were doing in the war they changed their name to the Xe Group to reduce their brand visibility. Does Elon hang out with Erik Prince?
I'm sure it'll be a stylised X with serifs on each corner.
Possibly on a red and white background.
I didn’t know it would come off like that
Nah, it will be minimalist. Because minimalism is cool. It will be a white X on a black background. And it will be Helvetica.
Thanks a lot, 2013.
He'll ask for the tips of the X to be curved at an angle, roughly 90 degrees, clockwise, as some stylistic choice.
Wow. Nobody has ever thought of using an X in their branding before. What a brilliant idea. This man's vision knows no bounds. 🙄
It's just that he own the domain name x.com since 1999 and is very proud of it. He wanted to do something with it so here we go.
If this is true, this explains everything. What a child.
I had no idea! X.com goes to Twitter. crazy.
He is so intelligent. One day I wish I could come up with a name like X.
He probably was thinking "oh hey let's make it mysterious... What's more mysterious than x? Nothing! Solve for x! Right guys? Right? (everyone says yes since all smart people left the building).
Early 2000 energy.
He's so XTREME
Roman numerals. Twitter is now "Ten". Like Elon.
If you loved X, you're going to love X ULTRA. Soon to be followed by X ULTRA PRO, & X ULTRA PRO LITE.
Almost forgot. We are sunsetting X, and you will need to pay for X ULTRA in order to do anything on your X account.
Speed Racer's older brother beat him to it and he was the best racer of all time.
You mean to tell me that Racer X is in fact Rex Racer!? That is outrageous
That's very on brand for Musk, he seems to have an obsession with Xs.
I heard that's why he moved to Texas because someone told him "all the X's" live there.
If he moved to Nashville after this would make sense
he's squatted on x.com for decades
He's saving it for when the aliens arrive and he can finally become a tactical military commander
For what it's worth, x.com was originally a novel and useful online banking platform in its heyday.
I used it at the time, pre Paypal.
That said, fuck Elon. He's a fucking dumbass chode.
There's idiotic and then there's Elon
Yes. And in between there's "very idiotic" and then lots of distance...
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?
How about we just stop talking about it at all?
Be the change you want to see.
I bet the next step is to rename himself. Elon doesn't cut it, he should be known as Captain America or something.
Considering his sense of humor, he's more likely to change his name to something like Hugh Cock.
or the Great American Icon "Homelander"
Should have gone with 'F'
'L' would be more fitting since that's the only thing they've been taking
Not pressing F for that one.
It seems Elon’s using an Xbox controller.
Ironic or not: Soon it will be known as "Ex-Twitter".
And the logo will be an ex-parrot.
One that's pushing up the daisies.
We’ll call it “the platform formally known as Twitter” and then we’ll sing Nothing Compares 2 U as we remember how much less shit it was before Melon blustered in.
X is a truly unique sign, very good choice. Very recognizable
Unlike an f
I mean, that's stupid too. Just that it has been in existence for long enough. Maybe they will follow the simplification trend and idk remove one of the lines from the F.
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.
Finally an argument to switch I can get behind.
I can only hope that governments finally take that as hint to explore other platforms (Mastodon hint hint) for their public service announcements.
At least the Dutch is already doing it.
I’m not clicking on Fox and giving them ad revenue. Anyone got a mirror?
those comments 🤮
I thought I was reading a headline from The Onion at first.
Said farewell back last November. Fuck that fascist platform.
Amen to that.
How long after this will the S, 3, and Y be added?
Model 3 was supposed to be model E, but the name was taken.
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.
Musk doesn't know what he's doing and surrounds himself only with yes-men, that's why
according to the conservative forums: Twitter brand is already tainted with woke culture, so it needs to change, probably to something more closely related with the swastika
Thank me later Musk (also that would $1000)
Does that mean that Tweeting will become "Xing"? That doesn't sound quite right.
Especially since a social network with this name already exists.
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.
It's also how you close windows and ads. Doesn't seem like he ran this past the branding consultants.
The what now?
Anyone who doesn’t believe Elon is taking Twitter on purpose is a fucking moron.
...or (hear me out) Elon is a fucking moron and is terrible at running a company
Yep. You can't tell me you don't know a manager who would completely unintentionally do just as shit of a job as Musk.
Well, Musk is that manager when he's unrestrained. The way he was publicly arguing with software engineers who built the software while himself being clueless, should have been the last confirmation anyone ever needed.
Musk is perpetually sitting at the peak of Mount Stupid of the Dunning Kruger scale.
¿Por qué no los dos, mi hermano (o hermana)?
I think it's what you say but since he took over the "he is doing it on purpose" theory has been grown and been repeated so much that he's gotta be aware of it (especially with how too online he seems to be) and will probably endorse it in the future to shield himself behind it.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon’s razor.
I see that rule posted a lot, but imo it doesn't really apply to people in power. Infact, trying to apply it to that context is actually dangerous... take Trump as a case study: he's done immeasurable damage to the US and consistently skirts any kind of real consequence because we just keep giving him the village-idiot pass.
Better to assume every action and outcome are calculated and intentional when we're talking shit like oligarchs or politicians. Even if they sincerely are just a dumbass, hold them to that same standard, as we really ought to disincentivize dumbasses from running corporations/countries/etc anyway.
Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by capitalism.
I always say that about conspiracy versus ineptitude.
Just because he was good at buying his way in to tech companies doesn't mean he's smart.
Elon running Twitter is the best thing that has happened on the platform tbh
Sure... If you believe what's best for it is a slow, miserable, yet hilarious death.
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
I figured it was a massive shoutout to Apple :p
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.
Wow your so brave 🥰
*you're 😘
Yep, the name and branding were the problem. Nailed it!
I am interested in the new Reddit name
They call it lemmy
I think à "Y" would carry the brand's new direction better.
Sweet of him to name it after one of his children.
My thoughts on this: https://sethgoldstein.me/people-who-stay-on-twitter-are-aiding-musk-in-his-antics/
Wont there be a trademark problem with Xorg? It's too similar in terms of name and logo
Facebook rebranded as Meta and simply ignored that there was already a company in the tech business named that.
Also can someone else make something with a blue bird and call it Twitter now, arguing that both trademarks were actively abandoned?
Are you willing to try it out and see what their lawyers can come up with?
Idk if you really can copyright a letter of the alphabet.
A trademark is not same as a copyright iirc. Apple did not come up with the word apple. Yet it's a trademark. And Apple has a track record of suing smaller companies for trademark violations with silly reasoning
May be Xorg can sue elon musk? idk. Depends on whether they are willing to drain money in a legal battle with a billionaire
I guess X Æ A-12 was already taken so he went with X.
🥱 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?
I mean his genius solution to the steering wheel being on the wrong side for UK Tesla's was to give owners a big stick. I think it's safe to say he's not a genius.
What? Please explain or link, this sounds wildly amusing.
He's making world culture healthier by removing Twitter from it. It's a brave, selfless move of self-sacrifice (that he most certainly never intended)
wait musk is pulling a card from Facebook Meta's playbook? interesting
He’s been playing up the idea of “the everything app” and X/x.com for decades. It’s actually what he wanted PayPal to be before they kicked him out. Theil is the one that refocused X.com and rebranded to make PayPal be what PayPal is today.
CollegeHumor predicted this 6 years ago. https://youtu.be/HOtgF3eCn-Y
An app that does "everything" is like a restaurant that serves "everything." It's not going to do any single "thing" very well.
x.com would have been a great URL for the XCOM games!
huh, interesting the more you know. An app that is universal for all common things would be nice but, Twitter would need a MASSIVE overhaul to do anything like that. Facebook has a better chance of doing that just due to how broad it is(still wouldn't use it cause Facebook), twitter is far too limited for something like that
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.@TechnologicalBurger
"Yeah, I guess that's kinda cute...wait a second..."
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…
Say goodbye to
the nameTwitter's Bird. Elon Musk changing Twitter logo to 'X'
Fixed that for you
I mean he started with x.com and so it seems fitting that he might also end his career with it.
When reading the Wikipedia article of X.com it really seems like this has been some sort of nostalgic obsession of his for years.
Hopefully he'll succeed in completely killing off Twitter, the only thing it has going for it at this point is name recognition anyway. In an ideal world it would be good news for Mastodon, Firefish et al. In this world it's probably just great news for Bluesky and Threads.
It's like... is he doing this on purpose?
It's quite Xpected but what a way to fumble 40 mil
Bil. 44 bil.
For a company that was worth maybe 20 billion. Smartest business man ever... even more smarter than Trump.
Where the fuck is an X in Twitter? Is this a rebrand?
Xwitter?
Txitter?
Twxtter?
Twixxer?
Twittxr?
Twittex?
Xitter -pronounced "shitter".
Xxixxex
Yay, Elon learned his 24th letter!
It would be perfect if he can add two more ‘X’
You got me in the first half.