Elon Musk Buys X (formerly Twitter): Just Use Bluesky, Threads, or Mastodon Instead

[Lily Adler]

Twitter Blue to be renamed XXX and Musk announces new Instagram competitor, 0.

 

[Lily Adler]

NPR - A brief biography of 'X,' the letter that Elon Musk has plastered everywhere [including his child]

This reminds me of The Circle... I believe there's a reason WeChat doesn't have a U.S. equivalent.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Bloomberg News - WeChat Is China’s Most Beloved (and Feared) Surveillance Tool (2022)

 

[Iceman]

It's like watching a 15 year old buy a multi-billion dollar social media company.

Yep, a particularly immature one.

 

[Lily Adler]

Bloomberg News - WeChat Is China’s Most Beloved (and Feared) Surveillance Tool (2022)

I know let's allow people to register to vote and actually vote for public office through a social media platform!

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NBC News - Elon Musk rolls out Model Y, completing Tesla's 'S3XY' lineup (2019)

USA Today - Tesla angled for a S-E-X-Y model line-up (2017)
CEO Elon Musk says Model E became the Model 3 after opposition from Ford.

Melon has a procreation fetish which he never stops talking about.

Business Insider - A sexual misconduct claim against Elon Musk involved him offering to buy a SpaceX flight attendant a horse in exchange for an erotic massage (2022)
Documents that were seen by Insider detail claims of how Musk exposed his genitals to the woman.


Twitter Sign Lettering Removed From Downtown San Francisco Office
San Francisco police officers were seen talking with workers at around 12:50 p.m. Work appeared to have been stopped. The police department was contacted for comment but did not respond by publication time.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Sithborg]

Oh, he's on the GOOD drugs.

 

[squeekness]

Ha! :P

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Sithborg]

Of course...

 

[squeekness]

Oops. :P

 

[Snow Queen]

 

[Steyin]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Bloomberg News - Twitter Turning Into X Is Set to Kill Billions in Brand Value
Musk’s move wiped out anywhere between $4 billion and $20 billion in value, according to analysts and brand agencies.

NY Times - From Twitter to X: Elon Musk Begins Erasing an Iconic Internet Brand
The tech billionaire started removing the bird logo that has been part of Twitter’s identity since 2006.

For more than 10 years, Twitter has been recognizable for its blue and white bird logo, which became a symbol of the social network's unique culture and lexicon. To "tweet" became a verb. A "tweet" referred to a post. "Tweeps" became the moniker for Twitter employees.

When brands become verbs, it's the "holy grail," said Mike Proulx, a vice president and research director at Forrester, because it means they have become part of popular culture.

"The app itself has become a cultural phenomenon in all sorts of ways," he said. "In one fell sweep, Elon Musk has essentially wiped out 15 years of brand value from Twitter and is now essentially starting from scratch."

Mike Carr, a co-founder of the branding company NameStormers, said Mr. Musk's X logo could be interpreted as having an ominous "Big Brother" tech overlord vibe. Unlike the blue bird, which he described as warm and cuddly but perhaps a bit dated and weighed down by bad press, the new logo is "very harsh," he said.

Mr. Carr, who has helped come up with names for thousands of clients, including CarMax, the used car company.

Mr. Musk has shown a disdain toward Twitter's previous corporate culture. He has quibbled with the number of bird references in the company's internal team names and products. At one point, he changed the name of a crowdsourced fact-checking feature to "Community Notes" from "Birdwatch." He recently also had someone cover the w in Twitter's name at its San Francisco headquarters.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - No Need for Twitter X—TikTok Users Can Now Make Text Posts
TikTok updated its features to include a text option for users, in addition to photos and videos.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[Mani-Man]

I really have no words for this all anymore.
Like this reaches levels of Dumb that im not prepared for.
I dont know how to deal with this level of stupidity from the worlds richest man.

 

[squeekness]

A rich kid bought a complicated toy he wasn't mature enough to play with.

 

[Iceman]

Bloomberg News - Twitter Turning Into X Is Set to Kill Billions in Brand Value
Musk’s move wiped out anywhere between $4 billion and $20 billion in value, according to analysts and brand agencies.

NY Times - From Twitter to X: Elon Musk Begins Erasing an Iconic Internet Brand
The tech billionaire started removing the bird logo that has been part of Twitter’s identity since 2006.

Haha, awesome. The 2 companies he’s started a major war with he’s now given an easy way to F with him, amongst many others. Like sending your armies on the attack in a rage, and then getting them to drop their weapons and turn their backs lol.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Shall I rebrand myself ?

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Morg]

Elon Musk Immediately Spreads Vax Garbage After Bronny James’ Medical Scare

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Twitter’s rebrand to X could worsen its legal and financial problems | Engadget

WSJ News Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Rebranded Twitter Cuts Ad Prices
X also warned advertisers that beginning Aug. 7, brands' accounts will lose their verification—a gold check mark that indicates their account truly represents their brand—if they haven't spent at least $1,000 on ads in the previous 30 days or $6,000 on ads in the previous 180 days, according to the email