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[-] LineNoise@kbin.social 237 points 1 year ago

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

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 72 points 1 year ago

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

[-] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 64 points 1 year ago

Hey it's Twitter, don't forget 14 and 88

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[-] mindbleach@lemmy.world 188 points 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.

[-] Balssh@kbin.social 72 points 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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[-] drumstic@lemmy.world 26 points 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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[-] Hubbelini@geddit.social 139 points 1 year ago

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

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 23 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] aloeha@lemmy.world 119 points 1 year ago

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

[-] jcit878@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

and somehow it's still better than his kids names

[-] Cubes@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

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

[-] GentlemanLoser@reddthat.com 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When Blackwater started to feel the heat from the shit they were doing in 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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[-] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 101 points 1 year ago

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

Possibly on a red and white background.

[-] yesterdayshero@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 99 points 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. 🙄

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 32 points 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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[-] mrmanager@lemmy.today 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

He probably was thinking "oh hey let's make it mysterious... What's more mysterious than x? Nothing! Solve for x! Right guys? Right? (everyone says yes since all smart people left the building).

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[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago

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

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 44 points 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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[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

he's squatted on x.com for decades

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[-] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 58 points 1 year ago

There's idiotic and then there's Elon

[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Yes. And in between there's "very idiotic" and then lots of distance...

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 56 points 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?

[-] realitista@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

How about we just stop talking about it at all?

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[-] gosling@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] PlexSheep@feddit.de 44 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] chinpokomon@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

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

[-] OldGreyTroll@kbin.social 35 points 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?

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] Gecko@lemmy.world 29 points 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 28 points 1 year ago

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

[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 28 points 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 24 points 1 year ago

Said farewell back last November. Fuck that fascist platform.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How long after this will the S, 3, and Y be added?

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[-] Frz@lemm.ee 20 points 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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[-] Kuujaku@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

Thank me later Musk (also that would $1000)

[-] T156@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Does that mean that Tweeting will become "Xing"? That doesn't sound quite right.

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[-] 4am@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

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

[-] wtvr@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 year ago

...or (hear me out) Elon is a fucking moron and is terrible at running a company

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[-] PHLAK@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

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[-] art@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Just because he was good at buying his way in to tech companies doesn't mean he's smart.

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