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Twitter is now X (www.twitter.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Synecdoche@feddit.de to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] flip@lemmy.nbsp.one 122 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Looks absolutely well-planned and not rushed at all, perfect alignment of the logo, proper copy. Definitely not just a hasty implementation of a fever dream.

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 61 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Uh, Elon, did you just copy the X Window System logo?

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No, they copied Elon. Law suit coming soon. /s

[–] Granite@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

You might not need the s…

[–] Iwasondigg@lemmy.one 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] fuzzywolf23@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago

Somehow, this is the bit that offends me most

[–] Zapp@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm guessing that skill with Cascading Style Sheets is considered wasted time and effort at X, much like media relations, accessibility, and microservices.

[–] linuxduck@nerdly.dev 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I enjoy reading about this change because everytime someone writes something like. Look what x did. My first thought isn't of Twitter or any social media, it's: "who's x?" (As in replacement variable)

So stupid to rebrand like that. Oh well, never used Twitter anyways

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago

I thought this was a joke.

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 78 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They did a great job replacing a highly marketable icon with character, with something that feels like cliche 80's dial-up geocities days that doesn't make sense at all, given the terminology of everything...

In other news, you need to log in to use twitter now? lol. Wow, genius

[–] ffolkes@fanexus.com 11 points 2 years ago

Kinda like the names of his kids.

[–] AwwTopsy@lemm.ee 66 points 2 years ago
[–] pglpm@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In my case this translates to "Twitter is now deleted".

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

I deleted Twitter years ago.

[–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Apparently Elon has a thing for the letter X. SpaceX, naming his son "X Æ A-12", and now renaming Twitter.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Can he legally change his son's name to use the new x?

𝕏 Æ A-𝕏ii

[–] ConsciousCode@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Apparently according to Elon his wife came up with most of the name

[–] ram@lemmy.ramram.ink 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Rename Twitter Blue to X Pass

Rename the Post Tweet textbox to the X Box

[–] Pseu@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Uploaded videos are now X videos.

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

What's next, Elon? Try to trademark the letter x?

[–] somniumx@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Space X will rebrand to S
Tesla To E

Just so he gets his S E X "joke" on the second try.

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

AI he wanted to become the CEO of SEX al along. . .

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Why didn't he just buy CEX?

[–] yads@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

Elon can ask his ex-president mate to hook him up with some porn stars for twitter

[–] SpicyPeaSoup@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Elon on his way to sue X-ray manufacturers.

[–] GrumbleGrim@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Microsoft might have an issue with that.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 17 points 2 years ago

He believes they're above regulation, if anyone tries to CTL X it just gets cut from the web.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't that the jagex logo?

[–] TerryTPlatypus@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

KILL IT

KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!

[–] loops@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

RIP AND TEAR

[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

Except that Meta (Facebook) has already trademarked X as pertains to social media.

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

This shit makes Elon look even more like a Bond villain than he already is.

[–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's giving him way too much credit. More like an Austin Powers villain, and even that is questionable.

[–] somniumx@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Off brand Scooby-Doo villain.

[–] myrmidex@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder who's under the mask...

[–] somniumx@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

*Under the Musk

[–] Treczoks@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

AKA Twitter is now Fucked?

[–] DarkenLM@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was there a time it wasn't?

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

There was a time they let people send Tweets through SMS. It almost made sense back then.

[–] Calcharger@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago
[–] Snapz@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

No it isn't.

No... No it's not... But you can imagine what'd be like if it was, right?

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Der erste Schritt zu West-WeeChat.

[–] ErwinLottemann@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

haben die auch ein hässliches logo?

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