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Twitter To Rebrand As X

https://beehaw.org/post/6779149

Twitter To Rebrand As X - Beehaw

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Jul 23, 2023 at 10:23pmWeb
Show threadGormadtJul 23, 2023

Ffs

Yes change the name and iconic logo of a huge corporation, that will go over great.

If he hadn’t demonstrated his incompetence earlier I’d think it was intentional.

I still think there’s a bit of intent to destroy the company but it’s kinda hard to tell.

Show threadpoorsocialskillsJul 23, 2023
There’s a woman over on Mastodon making the argument that he’s trying to destroy it so it can’t be used to organize left-leaning political action (fundraising, activism, issue messaging, etc) any longer. She makes a compelling argument.
Show threadblazeraJul 23, 2023
he bought it pretty soon after a meeting with Putin, while the Ukraine invasion was fresh and international support was rallying on Twitter. So, blackmail, bribery, buy up Twitter and immediately gut it.
Elon Musk confirms he has fired over 80% of Twitter employees so far

Musk claims that there were 'just under 8,000' staff members when he bought the company. Now, Twitter is left with around 1,500 employees.

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Show threadNepentheJul 23, 2023

I'd believe it if I hadn't already heard of Musk being the type to fire workers in his line of sight at pure random simply to fire someone. It apparently got so bad that aids would plan the route he would take to the meetings around having as few victims as possible out in the open.

It would be a smart move for anyone, and he is succeeding to a good extent (they'll just go elsewhere?), but I think that's just a happy accident of his. I feel like he's really just using it as a chew toy so he can feel all big and important with the headlines

Show threadmaxJul 24, 2023
What the fuck.
Show threadbedroomsJul 23, 2023
I don't buy that. He tried to cancel the purchase. He's also losing money, and so it's definitely not a 3D chess.
Show threadqwertyqwertyqwertyJul 23, 2023

Didn’t Twitter almost take him to court if he didn’t follow through with the purchase? I think he got caught in his over investment in Twitter last year, and rather than go through a trial with discovery (I think he NEEDED to follow through to avoid this specifically), he decided to go through with the purchase. I wonder what the hell they would have found during a trial discovery that made him sink $44B.

But what he’s doing now? I don’t think it’s related to that. I think it might be to help manipulate stocks, as we have seen him do several months back. Maybe he thinks that destroying left-leaning political action saves him in taxes? He destroyed public transportation in California just so people would theoretically purchase more Tesla cars. Nothing is beyond being trampled by Musk if he thinks he can benefit by stumbling over the other side of the corpse.

Show threadZanaJul 24, 2023

Didn’t Twitter almost take him to court if he didn’t follow through with the purchase?

He is currently suing those lawyers.

Elon Sues The Lawyers That Forced Him to Buy Twitter

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Show threadEchJul 24, 2023
On “behalf” of Twitter. What a fucking clown.
Show threadBanzai51Jul 24, 2023
Yeah, he was way too cavalier with the documents he signed while negotiation with Twitter. It would have cost him $1Billion to back out. But that is a bargain compared to what he had to do to come up with the $44B he paid for Twitter.
Show threadBanzai51Jul 24, 2023
Not only that, it would have been easier and cheaper to just shut the whole thing down after taking ownership. His very public (mainly by his own tweeting) stewardship of Twitter is damaging to his reputation, and the reputation of his other businesses. The reality is, he just is that dumb.
Show threadphillaholicJul 24, 2023
Narcissism
Show threadregulJul 24, 2023
His net worth has only gone up since he bought it, iirc. Tesla will continue to print money at least for a little while until other automakers catch up on EVs. SpaceX doesn’t seem to have any viable competitors, and both sides of the aisle agree on privatizing space, so that’s a big growth industry. This is the unfortunate fact of capitalism in general and late-stage capitalism in particular.
Show threadEchJul 24, 2023

His net worth has only gone up since he bought it, iirc

It absolutely didn’t. His net worth dropped over 50% in the months following the purchase. It’s back up above ¢200b at this point according to Forbes, but he’s still down from his pre-purchase state.

Show threadanlumoJul 24, 2023
If he’d just shut it down, he probably would have been personally liable for Twitter’s debt, because he didn’t even try.
Show threadtiasJul 24, 2023
I mean it can be all of the above. Musk isn’t very coherent.
Show threadDJDarrenJul 24, 2023

He’s the consummate failson. Rich enough that he’ll never actually experience any tangible negativity from his various ventures, if he has a skill, it’s in self-publicity and (historically) throwing money at ventures that are already on an upward trajectory.

But I feel that all the cocaine and being surrounded by Yes Men have led to him tipping over the edge.

Show threadDrinvictusJul 23, 2023
I unironically believe this conspiracy theory
Show threadBig PJul 24, 2023
The issue with that argument is… Why? He is a business man, activism generally doesn’t effect him, tesla cars are generally liked by left leaning middle class, why would he spend so much money to destroy something?
Show threadsub_ubiJul 24, 2023
Perhaps capital wasn’t the scared of tesla-buying “leftists”
Show threadthe_itsb (she/her)Jul 24, 2023

His ex-wife did ask him to buy and kill Twitter:

“Can you buy Twitter and then delete it, please!? xx” Riley allegedly texted Musk on March 24. “America is going INSANE.”

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Musk's ex-wife texted him to fight Twitter 'woke-ism': report

"Can you buy Twitter and then delete it, please!?" Riley allegedly texted Elon Musk on March 24. "America is going INSANE."

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Show threadMadMenace [she/her]Jul 24, 2023
Is Tallulah Riley right wing? Wow.
Show threadGanbatJul 24, 2023
One factor is his obsession with crypto and Blockchain shit. Left-wing activism generally stands against that stuff because of the environmental impact. Additionally, right-wing political movements recently have been lowering safety standards in business. Bad for the worker, but great for the bottom line.
Show threadsub_ubiJul 24, 2023
where’s the link
Show threadpoorsocialskillsJul 24, 2023
Sure, make me go look it up. @[email protected] or @[email protected].
Show threadXerøJul 24, 2023
I’ve been saying the same thing in multiple Lemmy posts and on Mastodon. Twitter and Reddit were both used by progressives to organize.
Show threadEnderWi99inJul 23, 2023
MAX
Show threadfearoutJul 23, 2023

I saw this article posted in another thread and it seems to explain a lot. Not sure how close it is to reality, but it looks like nostalgia is at least a partial reason for this change.

Yep. Fucking nostalgia.

Elon Musk wants to relive his start-up days. He’s repeating the same mistakes.

What PayPal’s history teaches us about Elon Musk’s management of Twitter

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Show threadFizzJul 23, 2023
If your goal is to reduce cost why would you waste money doing a rebrand… so dumb
Show threadEnderWi99inJul 23, 2023
I believe his main goal is turning Twitter into something of an "everything" site where he's looking to combine the likes of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Discord, and Venmo/Paypal into a single service. I don't know if it was his goal when he bought it or if it has any chance in hell of working, but that's something he at least said (while probably drunk) fairly recently.
Show threadapersonJul 23, 2023
He has had this dream of an everything app for a very long time. I feel like he is trying to realize it now.
Show threaddeepthawJul 24, 2023
so Twitter was vi then he turned it into edlin and now he wants it to be emacs.
Show threadCatBusBandJul 24, 2023
He should take a page of LINE app if he wants an everything app
Show threadKrestenJul 24, 2023
This reminds me of when snapchat tried to entire the mobile cash industry with they snapchat pay service.
Show threadDanielJul 24, 2023
My first thought was an all-in-one “life subscription,” kinda like how you can buy those iPhone + Apple One packages, but with Tesla (I don’t know if Tesla has subscriptions to them – but I’m sure they do), Twitter Blue, and Starlink. It’s pretty dystopian and hecka freaky.
Show threadZanaJul 24, 2023
He also did $20k payouts to some of the worst Twitter users.
Show threadFizzJul 24, 2023
Yeah I saw that and cringed. Why would you give Andrew Tate money. It removes all plausible deniablity and proves that you want people like him posting on your platform.
Show threadsuch_fifty_bucksJul 24, 2023
Exactly. That is quite specifically what he wants.
Show threadXylight (Photon dev)Jul 23, 2023
That is a stupid name
Show threadNepentheJul 23, 2023
I'm opening up a rival called "social media"
Show threadmelroyJul 23, 2023
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Show threadjoelfromausJul 24, 2023
It’s Twitter but for thrash metal bands.
Show threadCarlsIIIJul 23, 2023
There’s a band I heard of called “:(“ and I’ve never been able to find it since
Show threadPlebJul 23, 2023
Here you go.
:(

Emoticore/fake bit/8bit/chiptune artist from Scotland -->->-@

:(
Show threadCarlsIIIJul 23, 2023
Wow, thanks! I’m not sure this is even them but it’s a band called :( so I’ll take it!
Show threadlukiniJul 24, 2023
There’s a Japanese youtube channel that makes music under a blank name with blank titles. Thankfully you can google “blank japanese youtube channel” and it shows up lol
Show threadCarlsIIIJul 24, 2023
Heh, there’s also a Japanese band that used to be called…X
Show threadStarkillerX42Jul 23, 2023
The artist formerly known as Twitter
Show threadMaronno Winchester Jul 24, 2023
@StarkillerX42 @Xylight
Show threadSSUPIIJul 24, 2023
The hacker known as 4chan
Show threadfoxJul 24, 2023
youtu.be/qiH65oumh1k
Peep Show s04e05 | Jeremy's Band - iPod Comment

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Show threadhighducJul 24, 2023
Was not expecting Peep Show when clicking that link. Great show!
Show threadBig PJul 24, 2023
At least he didn’t name it something that’s a generic name for a concept that exists on almost all social media sites like… I don’t know, “threads”
Show threadXylight (Photon dev)Jul 24, 2023
More interesting than a single letter
Show threadfreamonJul 23, 2023
'Cos it marks the spot where he buried all his treasure, amirite?
Show threadroofuskitJul 23, 2023
I don't know about ALL his treasure, but he definitely buried 35 billion dollars in there. Never to be seen again.
Show threadskellenerJul 23, 2023
I think they should go with 💩Shitter - it’s where most people use it anyway.
Show threadmelroyJul 23, 2023
You have my vote ;P
Show threadWhiskeyomegaJul 23, 2023
Shitter is an app for Mastodon on F-Droid. Dont know why they decided that. Back handed compliment of a name. Work on an app then call it Shitter ! ? IDK
Show threadnutlinkJul 23, 2023

Might just be a South Park reference

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDgVLpehajs

Alec Baldwin Shitter (South Park)

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