Twitter To Rebrand As X

Ffs

Yes change the name and iconic logo of a huge corporation, that will go over great.

If he hadn't demonstrated his incompetence earlier I'd think it was intentional.

I still think there's a bit of intent to destroy the company but it's kinda hard to tell.

That is a stupid name

It'll be a nightmare to search

Gonna name my company "😃"

"Arr, this ❌ marks where I buried 44 billion doubloons!"

If your goal is to reduce cost why would you waste money doing a rebrand.. so dumb

Was Twitter ever really a left leaning platform in the first place? It pretty much always felt like it was filled with Russian bots and maga shit.

So I guess good job Musk for burning down a shit website? Lol

As a side note, Mastodon is legitimately fantastic. The community there is genuinely nice.

This is like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

STOP CLICKING ON THIS SHIT

alright now we're gonna have quite a big discussion as to what "x server" means. x11? twitter?

"guys x servers are down!"
"have you checked your .xinitrc? did you start x?"
"whats an x innit racecar? the x servers are down!"
"how do you use x without knowing what an .xinitrc is... oh"

meanwhile reddit gonna rename themselves to "wayland"

Guys, I’m starting to think this Elon guy isn’t as smart as he claims…

I'm telling you, he has Covid fog.

He got a company and a social media that is remarkable, and recognizable, and even has an action verb related to it, "tweet, to tweet, tweeting".

And he decided to piss on it and create the X app. Adding insult to injury is that it's again, another techy black and white logo. Of course, because that's the silicon valley trend isn't it, black and white clean minimalist corporate logo, no soul, no community, just corporate all along.

Mmmm yes. Can’t wait to X about this!

Who wants to tell him about Xorg and their product X11?

I think they should go with 💩Shitter - it’s where most people use it anyway.

@chiz X is so easy to search in internet. So many results; it gets never boring! Very unique name and brand.

Spez: Write it down, write it down! Let's rename Reddit to Z! Employee: Why Z? Spez: What do you mean why? Does X make any sense to you too? Employee: All right, I should have never questioned you.

Pay $44 billion for a brand

Literally destroy the brand

This is more baffling than accidentally destroying the brand, like he's been doing.

It's like he can't destroy his company fast enough😂

Space-X, X AE A-12, trying to create a company named X since the 90's...

guys, I think elon musk is obsessed with Speed Racers Racer X. Why else would X be such a prominent motivator for this creature?

Any theories? Deal with the devil made at a crossroads? Or maybe he just was really used to railroad crossing signs as a kid and wants to relive those memories?

In a few years the only thing of value remaining of twitter will be the x.com domain

if a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make go live worldwide tomorrow

Christ, imagine being on the dev team that has to make this happen in a day.

idk about you, but when I think of my X, I think of a toxic place filled with hate, that I never want to go to or hear about again. Branding on point.

So. The button you should press if you accidentally open Twitter on your PC.

'Cos it marks the spot where he buried all his treasure, amirite?

I went and deactivated my twitter accounts today. I got Lemmy and when I do my own servers via my own app, I'll enjoy a twitter alternative again. Edit: Im saying this because my mind went to action not bitching. I think the X rebrand is like a sign of the times and the official "okay twitters dead" moment.

I want to know, what are "tweets" and "tweeting" going to be relabeled as?

I can just see conversations like:

"Dude, did you see the latest X from Eminem?" "Yeah, I re-X'd it to all my buds!"

This is not what most users signed up for when they signed up on Twitter.

simpsons did it first

EnXittification happening. Let's hope the rest of the users finds their way to fediverse.

Y?

RIP his SEO. I know it's part of his goal for an "everything" app. But, this name is just terrible and is going to be a nightmare to look up. Not to mention how much history will refer to Twitter and not a single letter.

What a fucking stupid move. And that's saying something at this point.

Well I guess twitter really is dead now.

It's just the trump style of marketing. Do stupid shit constantly and the media will never shut up about you and people will never stop talking about whatever bullshit it is you're selling.

I'll believe it once the Twitter name and the birdie are both removed off the face of the site and gone for good. And even then I'm not entirely sure I'm going to care all that much.

I am pronouncing it "ex" as in ex-wife.

Wasn’t X the first name of paypal or something like that? He already owned x.com for a long time, i guess wanted to make use of that

X Gon' Give It To Ya

The one upside of this is that Tucker Carlson spent so much money rebranding to Tucker on Twitter and now it's wasted

I just don't understand

Lmao I hope in a couple of years someone just takes the twitter branding and rebuilds it.

Not that I am a fan of twitter, may that plattform burn in hell, but just to shove it into Musks face.

Twitter is Twitter. Facebook is Facebook too for that matter.

There is 0% chance this man is neither on drugs nor having a severe mental breakdown.

Ah yes, an X for the company known for their ✓. I'm sure that won't be confusing at any point.

That'll solve all the problems.

Logo that was in the GIF Musk posted looks an awful lot like X11 logo.

So.... is this just like a really dumb cost-cutting measure to stop paying fees for the twitter domain/brand name or something, since he already owns the name "X"?

Same shit sandwich, new brand

With what staff? Rebranding is fucking expensive.

no.

I saw rumors of this a few weeks ago but didn't think anything of it. Is the domain changing too? Part of this the Comcast to Xfinity move, rebranding to drop association, I think. But Twitter's brand wasn't that bad so I don't know.

@chiz Its coming... Almost.

if they change it i will leave the next day