same. I put Xs in old emails and usernames when i was 12-14. I thought it was cool but it was the lamest fecking thing.Elon is so cringey and insecure so this juvenile attempt to be cool doesn't really surprise me.
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same. I put Xs in old emails and usernames when i was 12-14. I thought it was cool but it was the lamest fecking thing.Elon is so cringey and insecure so this juvenile attempt to be cool doesn't really surprise me.
Elon is so cringey and insecure so this juvenile attempt to be cool doesn't really surprise me.
It's like he wasn't cool when he was that age so now he's using his money to appeal to the same age group. He's the "how do you do fellow kids" meme with a quarter trillion dollars. Crypto, the MMA crap, anti-vax, its all about trying to impress overly online teens and 20-somethings.
Even "Wechat" understood you had to keep the name kind of tangentially linked to it's original function.
He dumped one of the most recognisable brand names in the world for a non-brand he made up in the last few days. I'm enjoying how much he's tanked his reputation.
idk how its only now I'm finding this out. WTF is he doing? Just throwing away one of the most recognizable brands for what is basically a 50 yr old's idea of what edgy teens find cool these days. I don't think I've ever seen a man so up his own arse like him.
Yeah, just X-it.
How do I type in the web address? What if my 'fingers slip' and I have too many X's before the .com? 
What will be the theme tune for the launch? Let's talk about X, baby?
What will be the theme tune for the launch? Let's talk about X, baby?
I have never liked or used twitter, so this is just funny to see from the outside.
oh no he's had this stupid X idea in his head for 20+ years. he tried to change paypal to X and they kicked him out
Ya think
I take it back.
So do we need a thread title change or do we wait until there is enough brand awareness for people to know what X means?
Definitely has that feel to it, like he wants his own personal dictator style stamp on it. Makes me cringe when I open twitter now, which I'm feeling much less inclined to do going forward.
One more step toward his goal of pushing his detractors off the platform, so its just left with the bots, far-right and oblivious types ripe for manipulation.
Has tweetdeck been nuked for non-subscribers now? I know there was talk about it a couple of weeks ago and now I'm getting the rate limited message. Can still access via the app.
Sawyer Merritt stitching him up. Who'd thunk it, a sycophantic, Musk worshipper would just lazily lift an X from a piece of code to try and impress his saviour and he won't be able to trademark it.
Welp
Never having been active on twitter hasn't felt better.
What's Twitter? This is the X thread
Ding ding ding.
This stuff is dangerous. Years from now researchers will have a field day studying the impacts of the Trumps and Elons of the world helping to bring about the race to the bottom of human decency.
Should have named it "Y". Then we would have people yeet.
If people ask him why, he could just say "Yes". Way better than X.
I guess Musk still owns x.com, because that takes you to Twitter.com. Reckon that will be the main one soon, and Twitter will just be for redirection.
It's so dumb
It's so dumb
What would we call people on Twitter? Y-tes?
If anyone is looking to start a business, here are some great logos for your company.
I like this typeface better:If anyone is looking to start a business, here are some great logos for your company.
What a dumb change.
His whole schtick seems to be to constantly make head scratching decisions to dominate news cycles. While he’ll quietly roll them back when no one’s looking and manufacture another outrage.
Surely, soon people will tired of the clickbait nonsense.
His whole schtick seems to be to constantly make head scratching decisions to dominate news cycles. While he’ll quietly roll them back when no one’s looking and manufacture another outrage.
Surely, soon people will tired of the clickbait nonsense.
Zero creativity....terrible name and logo.
staring intensifies
It’s the kind of name a 7 year old would come up with thinking it’s really cool
Yeahhhhmph
I read it in an article today. You're right.
It is really like Succession if the kids stayed in charge. Completely governed by impulse. He makes Zuckerberg look like Henry Ford.
TwitteX will be dead by then.