Posted on 07/28/2023 10:28:42 PM PDT by RandFan
RIP Twitter and even "Tweet".
Get used to NOT typing it.
A Tweet is now a 'Post" on there.
Twitter is now X.
The apps in the app stores have the new logo and an intro screen.
And soon it will go into dark mode by default.
Interesting times!
I don’t really care what he does with Twitter/X. It’s a social media platform, providing a service that’s fun for some, interesting for some, but hardly essential for … well, anything. If it goes away, I might miss it a little, but not the way I miss $1.79 gas, affordable groceries, or even my not-too-far-away kids.
“....at 76, time is too precious to spend on those sites.”
Turns out that FR remains a premium channel.
But you already know that.
Rocket “Scientists” apparently still know what they are doing.
Well Done!
Continue on.
Big big fan of dark mode.
Let’s hope so. It just caused trouble especially for trump. The best thing would have been when he became president they didn’t allow him access like they took obama’s blackberry from him. There was precedent.
Never used it. Don’t care.
The functionality is the same.
Perhaps (gasp!) somewhat improved.
Even for those of us who don’t pay for Blue Checks or whatever will replace them.
Who cares what it’s called?
You two are not alone.
Excellent perspective in that post.
I just looked up x.com and found this wiki info.
X.com was an online bank co-founded by Elon Musk, Harris Fricker, Christopher Payne, and Ed Ho in 1999 in Palo Alto, California. In 2000, Musk was interested in merging with competitor Confinity Inc., a software company also based in Palo Alto, because it had developed an easy payment system. The merged company changed its name to PayPal and the X.com website redirected to PayPal.
In 2002, eBay bought PayPal for US$1.5 billion. In 2015, PayPal was spun off and became an independent company. As of July 23, 2023, the X.com website redirects to Twitter after Musk decided to rebrand the social networking service as X following his acquisition.
So Elon has owned x.com all along. Smart business move to keep it after selling the business.
Count me out as well…
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Great decision.
What on earth are you talking about?
I love it now
No more yanked posts
Not sure strategy here honestly
There is (or was) a feature of Twitter, where you could set up an embedded widget on your site, blog etc. that showed your most recent tweets. It was a very nice thing to have, an additional way to engage your audience. Instead of them having to go to your Twitter profile page, it delivered your latest tweets on you blog or whatever’s page.
Agreed
Sourpusses here-gonna puss
You can count on it
Like my wife will usually so no immediately before thinking or the more complicated “I don’t care” when asked where to eat or where to go tonite lol
It’s reflexive in late middle age
And this is an older age forum no question of that
Being always negative is a manifestation of avoidance syndrome
(Too much therapy time eh wardaddy ? Lol)
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