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[–] TempleSquare@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] 4am@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (17 children)

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

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[–] morgan_423@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

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

[–] fuukamoe9@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn't knew Elon was such a fan of X11

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[–] Coach@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] MisterMoo@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

🥱 This so-called man is so boring.

[–] Pika@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] chumbaz@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (9 children)

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.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

An app that does "everything" is like a restaurant that serves "everything." It's not going to do any single "thing" very well.

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[–] snor10@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

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

[–] kaput@jlai.lu 10 points 2 years ago

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

[–] such_lettuce7970@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

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

[–] heimchen@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am interested in the new Reddit name

[–] Iapar@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago

They call it lemmy

[–] kvinayak99@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (6 children)

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

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[–] Loce@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

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

[–] phillycodehound@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
[–] MrFlamey@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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?

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