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

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Technological_Burger@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

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  • LineNoise@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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    • ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Usernames may only be appended with the following numeric combinations: 420, 69, 666

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    • Levsgetso@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Everyone on twitter is going to become an ePiC pRo GaMeR from 2016

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  • mindbleach@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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.

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    • Balssh@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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.

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      • really@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        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.

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    • drumstic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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

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      • MajesticSloth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        But did it turn out to be a cool game?

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    • rambaroo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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 film Saudis who benefit from destroying twitter.

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    • GatoB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Is not that bad lol he does that just to gain attraction and you are being baited

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      • mindbleach@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        He’s only being incompetent for attention, says someone who thinks they’re defending him.

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  • Hubbelini@geddit.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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    • jonne@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m amazed how many people are still sticking with it despite everything.

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      • leekleak@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Now imagine how many people are sticking with Reddit 😭

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      • Mezian@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        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

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  • aloeha@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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    • jcit878@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      and somehow it’s still better than his kids names

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      • Cubes@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That actually is what he calls one of his kids per a friend at SpaceX who sees him with said child

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    • GentlemanLoser@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      When Blackwater started to feel the heat from the shit they were doing in I the war they changed their name to the Xe Group to reduce their brand visibility. Does Elon hang out with Erik Prince?

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    • EhList@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      He’s GenX and as a fellow GenX’er we take everything to THE XXXXXTREME!!!

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  • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

    Possibly on a red and white background.

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    • yesterdayshero@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I didn’t know

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      • macarthur_park@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I didn’t know it would come off like that

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Nah, it will be minimalist. Because minimalism is cool. It will be a white X on a black background. And it will be Helvetica.

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      • Resol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Thanks a lot, 2013.

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    • Tyfud@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      He’ll ask for the tips of the X to be curved at an angle, roughly 90 degrees, clockwise, as some stylistic choice.

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  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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    • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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.

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      • MaybeItWorks@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If this is true, this explains everything. What a child.

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      • SharkyPants@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I had no idea! X.com goes to Twitter. crazy.

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    • mrmanager@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      He is so intelligent. One day I wish I could come up with a name like X.

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    • ohlaph@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Early 2000 energy.

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      • Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        He’s so XTREME

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    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Speed Racer’s older brother beat him to it and he was the best racer of all time.

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      • cmbabul@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You mean to tell me that Racer X is in fact Rex Racer!? That is outrageous

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    • jaamesbaxterr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If you loved X, you’re going to love X ULTRA. Soon to be followed by X ULTRA PRO, & X ULTRA PRO LITE.

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    • bmsok@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Roman numerals. Twitter is now “Ten”. Like Elon.

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  • ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I heard that’s why he moved to Texas because someone told him “all the X’s” live there.

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      • cmbabul@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I he moved to Nashville after this would make sense

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    • Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      he’s squatted on x.com for decades

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      • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        He’s saving it for when the aliens arrive and he can finally become a tactical military commander

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      • scottywh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        For what it’s worth, x.com was originally a novel and useful online banking platform.

        I used it at the time, pre Paypal.

        That said, fuck Elon. He’s a fucking dumbass chode.

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  • sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There’s idiotic and then there’s Elon

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    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes. And in between there’s “very idiotic” and then lots of distance…

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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?

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    • realitista@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      How about we just stop talking about it at all?

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      • Cabrio@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Be the change you want to see.

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    • EhList@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Like most call Meta, Facebook still.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Exactly. Fuck Musk and Fuck Zuckerberg and their PR bullshit.

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      • yoshipunk123456@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I call it meth

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    • mrmanager@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I bet the next step is to rename himself. Elon doesn’t cut it, he should be know as Captain America or something.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Considering his sense of humor, he’s more likely to change his name to something like Hugh Cock.

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      • vanquesse@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        or the Great American Icon “Homelander”

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  • hoot@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Should have gone with ‘F’

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    • gosling@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      ‘L’ would be more fitting since that’s the only thing they’ve been taking

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    • Teal@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It seems Elon’s using an Xbox controller.

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    • squaresinger@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not pressing F for that one.

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  • PlexSheep@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • chinpokomon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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    • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And the logo will be an ex-parrot.

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      • squaresinger@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        One that’s pushing up the daisies.

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    • HolidayGreed@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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.

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  • OldGreyTroll@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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?

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    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Brand X sucked. You needed 5 bowls of it to get the same amount of $obscure_vitamin as $name_brand.

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  • 4am@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • Gecko@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • unwinagainstable@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • SulaymanF@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • markr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Said farewell back last November. Fuck that fascist platform.

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  • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • Kuujaku@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thank me later Musk (also that would $1000)

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  • T156@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Does that mean that Tweeting will become “Xing”? That doesn’t sound quite right.

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  • Frz@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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.

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  • Coach@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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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  • phillycodehound@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My thoughts on this: sethgoldstein.me/people-who-stay-on-twitter-are-a…

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  • TempleSquare@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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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  • morgan_423@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • fuukamoe9@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Didn’t knew Elon was such a fan of X11

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  • heimchen@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I am interested in the new Reddit name

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  • kaput@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think à “Y” would carry the brand’s new direction better.

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