Elon Musk Announces that Twitter Will Change Name to X

[TheLostSwede]

After having paid US$44 billion for Twitter, it appears Elon Musk isn't happy with Twitter being Twitter and is now getting ready to change the name of the social media platform to X. For those that aren't familiar with Elon Musk's company history, X was his online bank that preceded PayPal, or rather X.com, a domain name that is still owned by Elon Musk and currently redirects to Twitter. It appears that Elon Musk and Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino have big plans for X, at least according to several posts by the Twitter CEO.

Yaccaranio in a post on Twitter states that "X is the future state of unlimited interactivity - centered in audio, video, messaging, payments/banking - creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities. Powered by AI, X will connect us all in ways we're just beginning to imagine." Make of this what you want, but it appears that Twitter is about to go through some major changes, some that had already been mentioned by Musk as early as last year. Time will tell if this will be a direction that Twitter's users want things to go, or if the platform will end up dying a death of a thousand cuts.



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[wolf]

Elon, non content with how much he's ruined it already, want's to ruin it more. Gotta admire the stick-to-itiveness.

 

[HOkay]

Only 11 responses to the quick poll so far, but it's amusing to me that there's 0 in the yes it's a good idea column so far

 

[john_]

X? Really? I would love to see how many millions where spend to come to the conclusion that X is a good name for twitter.

- Hey, I read it on X.
- Hey. I know him, he is posting on X.
- Hey, I am spying me ex on X.
- Hey, those X-brains on X are going to become an X social media platform with this kind of ideas.

 

[ZoneDymo]

I mean, I guess im in a good position of not caring at all about twitter, I only use it once in a blue moon to see if there is some update on something.
So for example if I cant play Division 2, one of the places to look at information about it is twitter, but usually the Steam forums first.

But for the rest I could not care less what its called or whatever else they are doing with it, if it stops being a thing then the quick news will just be posted elsewhere and ill check it there.


also, X gon give it to ya, he's gonna give it to ya

 

[Bomby569]

It worked for Facebook. Threads by Instagram from Meta, worked. Anything Facebook related is now cancerous and would have flopped

Marketing usually use 3 to 4 word letters for the low mental capacity consumers to better remember. Elon did one better, ONE LETTER, i guess he does know the social media users and their mental capacity better then everyone else.

 

[Wirko]

An idea for Mr. X, why wouldn't he swap the names of his antisocial network and his tunnel making company? (Unless he already renamed the tunnel making company to X too?)

 

[Dammeron]

It worked for Facebook. Threads by Instagram from Meta, worked. Anything Facebook related is now cancerous and would have flopped

It's not the same - Facebook still exists, Meta is the main company that owns the site, same with Alphabet and Google.

I think that's a dumb move - You don't just casually change a name that became a common word used daily by everyone. "-Did You see that last X that the polititian wrote today? -You mean the tweet? -Mate, You can't say that word anymore!".

 

[TumbleGeorge]

X usually is symbol on button for close/turn off
I wish Elon to concentrate his mind and actions much more in the space related hardware because Mars is so close.

 

[claylomax]

X? Really? I would love to see how many millions where spend to come to the conclusion that X is a good name for twitter.

- Hey, I read it on X.
- Hey. I know him, he is posting on X.
- Hey, I am spying me ex on X.
- Hey, those X-brains on X are going to become an X social media platform with this kind of ideas.

 

[Hugis]

Stay on Topic people please.

 

[Vayra86]

Elon, non content with how much he's ruined it already, want's to ruin it more. Gotta admire the stick-to-itiveness.

Its the only avenue he has left, charge forward because the facts are catching up to him fast.

Train crash in slow motion I love it. Starship is going to be a similar fiasco I reckon.

X usually is symbol on button for close/turn off
I wish Elon to concentrate his mind and actions much more in the space related hardware because Mars is so close.

You think? He is lightyears away from travelling there still. SpaceX has feature parity with a space shuttle from decades ago by now, and added a bit of recycling to the process. Yay? Because that is realistically what weve got now if you cut away all the promises. He can land a rocket back on earth. Its an achievement but gets us nowhere plus we have more space debris up there now than ever. Fabulous!

 

[chrcoluk]

Threads made an own goal by requiring the use of their app, twitter at least for now still can be used on a browser. But Musk is trying really hard to throw it all away.

 

[Broken Processor]

If I'd money in twitter I'd be getting it out . Gotta love Elon

 

[Deleted member 232534]

new branding "looks like an app for a membership only human trafficking gentlemen’s club headquartered in Budapest"

 

[AsRock]

Elon, non content with how much he's ruined it already, want's to ruin it more. Gotta admire the stick-to-itiveness.

Don't matter who owns it, social media is trash and only the dumb follow.

 

[aciDev]

Elon, non content with how much he's ruined it already, want's to ruin it more. Gotta admire the stick-to-itiveness.

I've never been able to find any value in Twitter, as far as I'm concerned removing that cesspool of spam is a useful service, but it seems like he's going to build a bigger one.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Don't matter who owns it, social media is trash and only the dumb follow.

You're aware you just called a lot of people here dumb, right?

 

[the54thvoid]

Don't matter who owns it, social media is trash and only the dumb follow.

Some folks needs to use it for reaching an audience. I do, even though I'm shit at it. In that sense, I'd be dumb not to use it. Not Twitter mind, even before Musk, it was a nest of nasty.

Though I'm in agreeance with most here, social media is just crap. It's fine if you're on a sub-group about cars, guns, books, nature, whatever (liked minded-folks discussing what things they enjoy). But selling it as a general 'town hall' nonsense - no way. You ask a million people what they think of 'topic A' and all you get is fighting and bitching, trolling and tears. There's no debate on an open social media channel. There is no town hall. Just carnage.

 

[TumbleGeorge]

A lot of gory photos and videos are posted on Twitter, for example from the war in Ukraine, which should not be visible to the public, but the technology has gaps. Apparently it is allowed, for the purpose of propaganda. It is freely visible in quoted twitter posts, in some forums, so they are visible to people with health problems and others who find the sight unbearable, and it is also visible to children.
And yes especially twitter is trash I support opinion of @AsRock. Elon must make right decision how to rule his property in future.

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

So Twitlonger will rename to XXX?

 

[P4-630]

I use twitter to contact my ISP the quickest way.

 

[Isaak]

Twitter is the place to tweet (post something). It had a bird, you tweeted, it works well and that's what people know it for. It would be dumb to drop that recognition of the public consciousness for no reason at all.
But it seems a lot of features are planned that go far beyond making posts. It wouldn't fit to say you're gonna browse for goods on twitter. That's not what you think of when you hear twitter.
So this rebranding has its purpose. Now whether it will be worth the loss in public perception is another matter.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Hmm...

 

[Bomby569]

Twitter is the place to tweet (post something). It had a bird, you tweeted, it works well and that's what people know it for. It would be dumb to drop that recognition of the public consciousness for no reason at all.
But it seems a lot of features are planned that go far beyond making posts. It wouldn't fit to say you're gonna browse for goods on twitter. That's not what you think of when you hear twitter.
So this rebranding has its purpose. Now whether it will be worth the loss in public perception is another matter.

Twitter was broken.
It was broken before Elon, it was a money shredding machine.
It got more broken after Elon, most of the advertisers left, and they don't want to come back to Twitter. It's toxic.
You can't put a new coat of pain on a turd, Elon is trying to transform it. It is the only move he could do. Not a smart move or a dumb move, the only move.
A lot has to change to make that think profitable and that's the only thing that matters to him.