Futurama @lemmy.world Brainsick @kbin.social 2y ago

Elon's entire thought process when deciding to rename Twitter to 'X.'

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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
- I like boobs. Imagine what the logo would be if I had bought Twitter.
  
  I'd sign up to Titter.
  
  Booby is a kind of bird. So, I mean.. The logo doesn't need to be THAT different.
  
  damn, i think you're really onto something. You should buy twitter next
X Æ A-12 would be proud
- that poor kid. He's gonna be teased so hard.
I think it's very appropriate to go ahead and call it the x-social media platform
- Solid wordplay, good delivery, 10/10
- Ex
The X is for Xtreme
- I thought it was for the first thing I click when I find an open twitter tab.
I guess naming your business after your son is cool.
@Brainsick Sure sounds cool, but why? Twitter is well known name
- 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.
- @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.
~~Simpsons~~Futurama did it

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