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[–] airdi1@lemmy.world 116 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Musk think the problem is the logo. Only if he knew, the logo is fine it is him that people dont like.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 87 points 1 year ago (12 children)

The logo has been very successful in branding the company, as well as the companion verb "tweet". I think a company has reached peak when its name or something connected is used as an action verb. If he had taken over McDs he'd be tossing out the arches and even Big Mac with claims that they are the problem.

Twitter may have not been in great shape financially when he took over, but at least it had somewhat of an image. Musk is the contractor you called to fix a leak in the roof, and he burns the house down. He fixed the leak alright.

[–] root@socialmedia.fail 16 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Twitter was doing fine financially before Musk bought it. He paid more than twice what it was worth and he used loans to do it, that's what this is all about.

[–] atomWood@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Twitter has never really been a financially viable company. They were losing money year after year. That’s not what I would call financially stable. There’s a reason they did everything they could to force Musk to buy it when he tried to back out.

[–] root@socialmedia.fail 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah there is a reason, the reason is because his dumbass offered more than twice what the company was worth.

Lots of tech companies operate at slightly under profitability. They were doing fine.

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[–] blivet@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, the name of the company, the logo, and the idea of “tweets” are all a charming evocation of a world filled with brief messages. Twitter has problems, but branding isn’t one of them.

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[–] sensibilidades@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the new word for microblogging on X corp? "Musk x-ed this morning that ..."

Funny, because "x-ing out" is what I do whenever I accidentally click on a twitter link nowadays!

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[–] Gregorech@lemmy.world 98 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He wants to replace it with an X, an x with bent arms in a nice red and white background people will love that it'll just pop.

[–] Aurix@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Many social apps use blue. Having your suggested colour applied would make sure Twitter is supremely above the others.

[–] Gregorech@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He needs to buy Uber next....

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[–] Ennuigo@lemm.ee 76 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What is with this guy and his hardon for adding “X” to everything? He’s like a teenager that thinks that adding flame decals to anything makes them “cooler”.

[–] instamat@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

He’s obsessed with it. His version of PayPal before he merged with the company that became PayPal was x.com and everyone hated it.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago

It's halfway to a swastika.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Teslax - Ask your pharmacist today what Teslax can do for you.

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[–] glacier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 year ago

The x stands for xtremely shitty.

[–] Hextic@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Literally stuck in the 90s.

[–] taylus@lemmy.ml 67 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m so glad we got this instead of solving global warming

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[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Getting rid of the last remaining identifiable part of the company. Genius move.

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[–] gosling@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Elon is a genius! He removed the bird, symbolizing the loss of freedom for its user and his company's inability to soar to great heights.

The bird leaving indicates an impeding catastrophe about to hit his company and the new symbol "X" is just as clever, because that's the sign people will click on when they go uninstall the app. Soon, the relationship between Twitter and its users will be nonexistent, just like Musk and his "X" wives

[–] pizza_rolls@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

X is closer to a swastika than a bird so it fits

The next update to the logo will be adding 4 more lines...

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[–] Daydreamer@lemmy.ml 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It is entirely possible that he just wrecks companies for fun.

[–] 30isthenew29@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

This is just what billionaires do nowadays.

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[–] oxjox@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've been using a moniker containing two Xs for over two decades. Speaking on behalf of my early-20s self, how fucking edgy do you believe yourself to be as one of the world's richest persons embracing a single letter as the epitome of logos to represent your umbrella corporation? Hire a branding team, you pathetically dull gen-x neckbeard edgelord manchild.

Seriously, the '90s called a they want their X back.

[–] xSPYXEx@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Elon is the kind of guy who picked a goofy xbox gamertag when he was a kid and never stopped using it. I wouldn't know.

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[–] Ducks@ducks.dev 10 points 1 year ago

He doesn't need a branding team, he's too smart for that. That's why he is also sourcing a logo from the Twitter community. Because ~~billionaires~~ geniuses don't pay for anything.

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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pay $44 billion for a well known and popular company, ditch the name and the logo for something totally new and unknown.

So smart.

[–] 30isthenew29@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

It’s beyond our thinking. Minimum above 300 IQ needed to understand this.

[–] dq9@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

Another unnecessary bandaid to Elon's massive problems. I'd say he should quit while he's behind, but I love watching him fail.

[–] appel@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago

That man's got no god damn sense.

[–] DarthYoshiBoy@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

I choose to believe he's just doing this for memes at this point. I can't accept humans are capable of these depths through inadvertent action, it's just too dumb.

[–] Umbra@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] blivet@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I think we are in the midst of a worldwide epidemic of mental illness, and even the wealthiest and most powerful are not immune.

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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Do we need to stop calling them tweets then?

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The new word will be 'twats', after it's owner

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[–] CraigeryTheKid@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

A ditch would make a much better logo, indeed.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wrong community tbh, this is solid nottheonion material. I don't understand this world any more to be honest. 😅

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[–] PurliWhite@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

watching the flames reach new heights on this continually evolving dumpster fire keeps me warm at night

[–] faintedheart@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

He is really good at bringing twitter down.

[–] trashhalo@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Might be better for technology. But I see it's already posted there 🤷

[–] saucyloggins@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LOOOOOOL. Did he just snag the dated and always terrible logo from Xorg and think it was cool and modern?

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's had a thing for the letter X since at least the 90s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com

And of course his space company is SpaceX.

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[–] 30isthenew29@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

How do I ‘get lucky’ too with becoming a billionaire like Elon randomly did??????????????????????????????????????????????

[–] ilovetacos@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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