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[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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"?

[–] frog@beehaw.org 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope, it's literally nothing more than the fact that Musk, like the cringey edgelord that he is, thinks the letter X is the coolest. He'll be painting go-faster stripes on Twitter next. Or the X logo will be on fire or something.

[–] dbilitated@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago

he literally named his kid Xæ

dude just loves throwing out Xs

like an illiterate narcissist handing out unsolicited autographs

[–] midas@ymmel.nl 13 points 1 year ago

A domain is like 10 bucks a year. This is just ego