Elon Musk buys Twitter

[AMH]

https://forward.com/fast-forward/560352/israel-prime-minister-netanyahu-elon-musk-twitter-antisemitism/

[sguitarist18]

Isn't "Americans for Peace Now" an anti-Israeli group?

[Essen est zich]

https://twitter.com/HilzFuld/status/1707620470881697873

[Essen est zich]

I didn't listen but for those interested.

https://twitter.com/farzyness/status/1707578549698269242/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1707578549698269242&currentTweetUser=farzyness&mode=profile

[Dan]

https://twitter.com/Briskerov/status/1713512169440977286

[AsherO]

Musk’s decision to rename to X turned played out brilliantly in a way he didn’t necessarily intend for it to. Every time a tweet was quoted, instead of saying Twitter it had to say “X formerly Twitter” which only worked to further enmesh X/Twitter into society’s minds.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/26/despite-usage-declines-x-remains-stickier-than-first-thought/

[skyguy918]

Musk’s decision to rename to X turned played out brilliantly in a way he didn’t necessarily intend for it to. Every time a tweet was quoted, instead of saying Twitter it had to say “X formerly Twitter” which only worked to further enmesh X/Twitter into society’s minds.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/26/despite-usage-declines-x-remains-stickier-than-first-thought/

Huh? If all of those tweet/quotes would just say Twitter, how would that make it any less enmeshed?

[AsherO]

Huh? If all of those tweet/quotes would just say Twitter, how would that make it any less enmeshed?

I’m suggesting that conditioning people’s brains to have to tangent to formerly-Twitter every time you mention X subconsciously supports “stickiness”

[skyguy918]

I’m suggesting that conditioning people’s brains to have to tangent to formerly-Twitter every time you mention X subconsciously supports “stickiness”

This is all conjecture on both of our parts, but I would think at best it combats the non-stickiness of switching the name. I can't imagine it would somehow make it more sticky than leaving it as twitter.

[Moshe Green]

Musk’s decision to rename to X turned played out brilliantly in a way he didn’t necessarily intend for it to. Every time a tweet was quoted, instead of saying Twitter it had to say “X formerly Twitter” which only worked to further enmesh X/Twitter into society’s minds.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/26/despite-usage-declines-x-remains-stickier-than-first-thought/

@Mods
Please change subject name to "Re: Elon Musk buys X, formally known as Twitter"

[Dan]

@Mods
Please change subject name to "Re: Elon Musk buys X, formally known as Twitter"

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587911540770222081

[YitzyS]

The guy is a true genius. At first, I thought "X" is a dumb name. But now we see how he literally took over a letter in the Alphabet, and he now owns that letter (in terms of marketing). That is unbelievable. Don't you think that every other tycoon wishes that a letter of the alphabet was synonymous with their company?

[aygart]

The guy is a true genius. At first, I thought "X" is a dumb name. But now we see how he literally took over a letter in the Alphabet formerly know as google, and he now owns that letter (in terms of marketing). That is unbelievable. Don't you think that every other tycoon wishes that a letter of the alphabet formerly known as google was synonymous with their company?

FTFY

[AsherO]

@Mods
Please change subject name to "Re: Elon Musk buys X, formally known as Twitter"

That would be inaccurate, he bought Twitter, now renamed X

[skyguy918]

The guy is a true genius. At first, I thought "X" is a dumb name. But now we see how he literally took over a letter in the Alphabet, and he now owns that letter (in terms of marketing). That is unbelievable. Don't you think that every other tycoon wishes that a letter of the alphabet was synonymous with their company?

Again, this is all pretty subjective. My answer to your question would be no. What they want is increasing value of their assets/companies, and thus far it seems like he's accomplished the opposite so far. Maybe in the long run he'll turn out to be right, but I don't see how you could be sure of that today just because he 'owns' a letter of the alphabet.

[yuneeq]

Again, this is all pretty subjective. My answer to your question would be no. What they want is increasing value of their assets/companies, and thus far it seems like he's accomplished the opposite so far. Maybe in the long run he'll turn out to be right, but I don't see how you could be sure of that today just because he 'owns' a letter of the alphabet.

Rebranding always hurts in the short term. As long as X continues to get improve as a platform, I think the shorter name will be better in the long run. Single/double letter domains are extremely valuable for a reason.

[Dan]

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1719641964151181679

[dealfinder11]

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1724908287471272299?s=20


Yikes.

as expected, the comments are a cesspool of right-wing Hitler lovers.....

[UKinNYS]

https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1727400271364669756

[Yehuda57]

https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1727400271364669756

Cuban is spot on. Twitter's algorithms are awful. I used to get ads for the same gummies and all kinds of stuff I have never expressed any interest in whatsoever, while on IG, which I barely used ever, I'd get stuff that made me think they were listening to my conversations.