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[–] enkille@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it's very appropriate to go ahead and call it the x-social media platform

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

Solid wordplay, good delivery, 10/10

[–] hydro033@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

His first website (or company?) was named X and he said he has a fondness for the letter, hence his son's odd name, SpaceX, and the rebrand of twitter. He just likes the letter X.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk#X.com_and_PayPal

[–] Karlos_Cantana@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like boobs. Imagine what the logo would be if I had bought Twitter.

[–] Mountaineer@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] silverbax@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You may be surprised to learn that Elon painted over the W in Twitter on the building in San Fransisco this week.

[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

You mean a few months ago?

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

We need a boobs social media platform. Now that's a million dollar idea.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 1 year ago

Booby is a kind of bird. So, I mean.. The logo doesn't need to be THAT different.

[–] ch1cken@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

damn, i think you're really onto something. You should buy twitter next

[–] aeternum@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

at the rate it's going, it'll be for a couple of bucks.

[–] Helldiver_M@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] aeternum@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

that poor kid. He's gonna be teased so hard.

[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Ghost33313@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I thought it was for the first thing I click when I find an open twitter tab.

[–] mr_MADAFAKA@mastodon.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@Brainsick Sure sounds cool, but why? Twitter is well known name

[–] Brainsick@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Because he's a wealthy dingus who thinks he's a genius? Who the hell knows what he's attempting to accomplish. It'll definitely affect search engine traffic in a negative way.

[–] theDLCguy@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@mr_MADAFAKA

I mean Facebook did the same thing. Maybe it's to help distract from some of the negative press they've been getting. I don't have any proof for this, and I kinda just made it up on the spot, but I could see it being the case. Either way, I agree it's a stupid decision. Meta at least had the sense to change only the name of the company, and not the well-known product itself.

[–] SpicyPeaSoup@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I guess naming your business after your son is cool.

[–] TheDeadGuy@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

~~Simpsons~~Futurama did it