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Elon Musk is rebranding Twitter to ‘X’ and killing the bird logo
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| July 23, 2023
| Karissa Bell
Posted on 07/23/2023 1:53:17 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon
Elon Musk’s rebrand of Twitter seems to be underway. In a series of late-night tweets Saturday, Musk shared that the company’s famous bird logo and name would soon be no more. The company, it seems, will simply be known as “X.”
“And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds,” he tweeted. He later said in a Twitter space that the Twitter logo would be changed Sunday. “It should have been done a long time ago, sorry it took so long,” he said.
Later that night, he reportedly emailed employees about the change. According to Platformer’s Zoe Schiffer, Musk emailed staff saying the company would become X and that his note “was the last email he’ll ever send from a Twitter email address.”
Twitter didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
It’s long been known that Musk favors the “X” branding. The banking startup he co-founded in 1999 was called x.com, and his recently-announced Ai venture is called xAI. And Twitter’s holding company was rammed to X Corp in April. Musk has also talked about how X would help Twitter become an “everything app.” Though Musk has offered few specifics on this vision, many believe he’s referencing apps like WeChat, the most popular app in China that people use for a host of everyday activities, like payments and shopping, in addition to social networking.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: badrebrand; elon; musk; rebrand; rebranding; socialmedia; stupid; twitter; x
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To: Momaw Nadon
I suspect a goodly number of men will not want their social media platform to be named after their first wife
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posted on
07/23/2023 1:55:33 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: Momaw Nadon
The Big X is the Celebrity Cruise Line logo.
To: Momaw Nadon
Bad Idea, Elon. Might as well call it ACME.
To: chajin
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:00:23 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: lee martell
Awwww that’s nice.. he’s naming it after one of his kids.
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:00:25 PM PDT
by
Celerity
To: Momaw Nadon
this could be a plot for a
Cheech and Chong movie
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:02:00 PM PDT
by
RockyTx
To: Momaw Nadon
Uh oh! X Steganographists will have a field day.
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:02:07 PM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
To: Momaw Nadon
Well, I guess it's better than "X-LAX".
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:03:30 PM PDT
by
Songcraft
To: Momaw Nadon
rearranging the deck chairs. He's not the genus everyone thought he was. He knew Twitter wasn't a viable, tangible product. He knew it was being funded with tax dollars just like Tesla is.
The difference? Tesla is a tangible product, Twitter X isn't.
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:03:33 PM PDT
by
lewislynn
( Trump accomplished more for America in one 4yr term than any President in your lifetime)
To: Momaw Nadon
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:04:21 PM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: Momaw Nadon
Stupid, I’d say. Or sabotage. I simply don’t trust much of anything, anymore.
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:06:16 PM PDT
by
Golden Eagle
(Ultra Conservative)
To: lewislynn
"He's not the genus everyone thought he was."
What genus is he, if he's not Homo?
To: Momaw Nadon
"he reportedly emailed employees"
The remaining 2% or so that were not just there as "misinformation" police.
To: Momaw Nadon
Some will get some mileage out of calling it X rated.
The original name Twitter and use of word Tweets was pretty lame but I don’t see how this move necessarily helps. Musk is bleeding advertisers.
To: Momaw Nadon
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:16:11 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
“Twitter” and “tweets” reached a level of ubiquity similar to “Klennex” instead of tissue or “google that” instead of “search for.” In short, it’s a dream goal that most products never reach. Elon just tossed all that in the trash.
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:16:41 PM PDT
by
proust
(All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
To: Momaw Nadon
All supporters of Malcolm X wouldn’t approve of this!
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:17:46 PM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
To: Momaw Nadon
I like this guy. He is very adept at...and unabashedly...upsetting the apple cart of...well...you know who.
Trump is another. Soon, once they destroy or dispose of Trump...if they can...they will turn the full resources of their cabal on Musk.
Today he's a nuisance. But it won't last.
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:19:09 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Perhaps we should be less concerned with who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire.)
To: chajin
In 2018, Musk and Canadian musician Grimes revealed that they were dating.[469] Grimes gave birth to their son in May 2020.[470][471] According to Musk and Grimes, his name was "X Æ A-12" (/ɛks æʃ eɪ ˈtwɛlv/); however, the name would have violated California regulations as it contained characters that are not in the modern English alphabet,[472][473] and was then changed to "X Æ A-Xii". This drew more confusion, as Æ is not a letter in the modern English alphabet.[474] The child was eventually named X AE A-XII Musk,with "X" as a first name, "AE A-XII" as a middle name, and "Musk" as surname.[475]
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posted on
07/23/2023 2:19:58 PM PDT
by
Pollard
(The USA has political prisoners!)
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