Twitter now owned by xAI - company founded by Elon Musk

[kitler53]

I was really surprised to read this this morning:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/twitter-rebrands-x-elon-musk-loses-iconic-bird-logo-rcna95880

i feel like twitter is such a large established brand name that it's a mistake to abandon it.    also "X" is just soo lazy and uninspired.  i'm not sure if i'm being offensive or not but when i saw the logo my immediate thought was that legend made it....

[Legend]

I was really surprised to read this this morning:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/twitter-rebrands-x-elon-musk-loses-iconic-bird-logo-rcna95880

i feel like twitter is such a large established brand name that it's a mistake to abandon it.    also "X" is just soo lazy and uninspired.  i'm not sure if i'm being offensive or not but when i saw the logo my immediate thought was that legend made it....

When/if the domain changes, that'll seriously damage the brand. A new logo can be mostly ignored.

I'll take that as a compliment haha. I don't like the X logo either but it gets the job done. Yup, it says X.

[SWORDF1SH]

Not got a clue what Elon is doing but it seems like a stupid move. Unless he has some great master plan, which isn't obvious.

[Legend]

Not got a clue what Elon is doing but it seems like a stupid move. Unless he has some great master plan, which isn't obvious.

He's talked a lot about his master plan for years. X will be an "everything app" where it's social media, shopping, banking, etc. Explainer: What is an 'everything app' and why does Elon Musk want to make one? | Reuters

Seems premature though unless some of these other features are coming this year.

[SWORDF1SH]

So before reading thay article, I thought the "everything app" was a crazy idea but didn't realise is already exists in Asia and is usually popular. I've heard people mention WeChat but just thought it was the Asian version of Messenger.

I'm not entirely convinced it premature. He obviously wants to move quickly with this especially with Meta encroaching on Twitter's territory which could scupper Elon's plans. Plus what is his exact intentions?  How soon will Twitter switch over? Could it be a case of letting people know of the changes so it's not a shock to the system when it does change? Will the twitter name still exist as a feature within the x app?

I'm a bit more optimistic about his plans because before I just thought it was Elon being classic rash Elon.

[SWORDF1SH]

Elon making claims that "X" will be the biggest brand in the world.

Also he tweeted plans for Twitter in the upcoming months. Hlut sounds like he wants to add a lot of things, in a short amount of time so rebranding before those change makes sense. Will it work, idk, but he does have a decent track record.

Twitter was acquired by X Corp both to ensure freedom of speech and as an accelerant for X, the everything app. This is not simply a company renaming itself, but doing the same thing.

The Twitter name made sense when it was just 140 character messages going back and forth – like…

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2023

[Legend]

Live video now on twitter. Periscope was pretty cool at game events so I'm glad this is returning.

https://t.co/4YeQWPz1Xw

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 4, 2023

[SWORDF1SH]

What's twitter?  

[Legend]

just called someone on X ????????????????

— Andrea Conway (@ehikian) August 9, 2023

Voice and video calling coming to twitter.

Actually a huge feature world wide. Line and WhatsApp are incredibly popular outside of America as the de facto communication standard. No clue how twitter is viewed in these markets though, so will anyone actually use it instead?

What's twitter?  

I'm going to keep calling it twitter until x enters the average person's lexicon.  

[kitler53]

I like how in the media it is being called "x, the platform formally known as Twitter."

[Legend]

I like how in the media it is being called "x, the platform formally known as Twitter."

I almost included a prince joke in my post  

[SWORDF1SH]

Now it's "x", do you think the brand change has done much damage?

[kitler53]

Now it's "x", do you think the brand change has done much damage?

I dunno.  friends just refuse to call it X.  X just can't be used in a sentence.  also every time I see a tweet embedded I just think the "x" is to close the window....

...x is just a terrible branding and the icon is lazy AF.  maybe it didn't "destroy" the brand but it was a bad rebranding. 

[Legend]

Twitter is fully dead. Now uses the x url.

I still think of it as twitter and I still call it twitter, but it feels like the rebrand is working (not increase users working, just replacing the name working). Been a while since I've seen anyone have to explain what x is.


Also twitter embedding didn't break so nice! No need for me to update it. Plus the logo used for embedding has been outdated for 12 years so I don't think ya'll will mind it staying as is  

[kitler53]

this is what always comes to mind to me:



the service formally known as twitter