He deleted the brand the way Malcolm X deleted his surname.
If he'd just started a Twitter competitor, with blackjack and doxxing, the only difference would be that Twitter was a bit quieter.
If he'd bought Twitter, the hellsite, and then burned it to the ground as a weird flex, the only difference would be slightly more people using Mastodon.
And in both cases nobody would know he's a complete crybaby. We'd just harbor strong suspicions.
Basically Elon wants to clone WeChat, Chinas all in one app. He could have started from scratch and had an uphill battle with Twitter as the largest competing company or do this instead.
His PR was already getting shitty before buying Twitter, so he pivoted with his rich boy money like always.
He purchased it , destroying it as a competitor for his X website. He gave X recognition immediately as a platform, and hoping that he retains the partial user base of Twitter as the initial backbone for the app he wanted to build in the first place.
Because that’s what fascists do, delete competition
I know you know, but I have to point out: their public relations is literally a poop emoji. Which is possibly the most juvenile proof imaginable for the failure of Elmo's delusions of adequacy. He just has a lot of money.
Honestly, there's a nice community of people advocating for a better city in my area, and I enjoy the "circlejerk" of agreeing with them and see their stuff. And want it or not, lots of officials and cities still have accounts there. It's easy to "Xcrete" about a shitty bike path to your local neighborhood mayor and include the right people to make it a bit more noticeable.
Yes, I also hate that argument. "You just don't like it!!" As if there aren't legitimate reasons to be against it, like it's some neutral fact of life, reducing any opinion of it to the same level as liking or disliking a song or film.
Xitter? Are people not just continuing to call it Twitter? Maybe if it ever becomes the everything app Musk wants it to be it will be distinct enough to justify a rebrand, but for right now it's just Twitter with the name filed off.
What the fuck did Elon buy, at this point?
He fired the employees.
He threw out the code.
He yanked plugs on the physical servers.
He forgot to pay for the virtual servers.
He started rent protest for the office space.
He deleted the brand the way Malcolm X deleted his surname.
If he'd just started a Twitter competitor, with blackjack and doxxing, the only difference would be that Twitter was a bit quieter.
If he'd bought Twitter, the hellsite, and then burned it to the ground as a weird flex, the only difference would be slightly more people using Mastodon.
And in both cases nobody would know he's a complete crybaby. We'd just harbor strong suspicions.
He bought the customer base
Less of it every day.
What a great example of why one should not be allowed to buy communities.
And is now doing everything he can to drive them away.
Imahine buying Twitter for it's community! :D
Basically Elon wants to clone WeChat, Chinas all in one app. He could have started from scratch and had an uphill battle with Twitter as the largest competing company or do this instead.
His PR was already getting shitty before buying Twitter, so he pivoted with his rich boy money like always.
He purchased it , destroying it as a competitor for his X website. He gave X recognition immediately as a platform, and hoping that he retains the partial user base of Twitter as the initial backbone for the app he wanted to build in the first place.
Because that’s what fascists do, delete competition
That's not facism, that's just regular ol' capitalism 👍
Pam Beesley: they're the same picture
astronaut: they're the same picture?
astronaut with a gun: always have been
But he could have done that without being a complete idiot and not scare away users like myself. Not very smart, is he?
He still has the user base. But not for long, one might say.
Should also start calling tweets: X'cretions.
Twitter Feed: X'crement feed
Their public relations is pretty much a poop emoji already.
I know you know, but I have to point out: their public relations is literally a poop emoji. Which is possibly the most juvenile proof imaginable for the failure of Elmo's delusions of adequacy. He just has a lot of money.
For twitter feed just keep it simple: X’cretion pile
Why are people still on Twitter? I deleted my account years ago.
I just used it to read, but I deleted a few weeks ago, don't miss it.
I've left two popular social apps, one more insidious than the other and admittedly, it was harder than I thought.
Honestly, there's a nice community of people advocating for a better city in my area, and I enjoy the "circlejerk" of agreeing with them and see their stuff. And want it or not, lots of officials and cities still have accounts there. It's easy to "Xcrete" about a shitty bike path to your local neighborhood mayor and include the right people to make it a bit more noticeable.
Why do people enjoy things i dont enjoy?
It’s like driving a car:
If you’re slower than me, you’re a retard. If you’re faster than me, you’re a bastard.
Yup, George Carlin said it best
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Stop reducing things to 'you just don't like it.' God fucking dammit. Reasons matter!
Yes, I also hate that argument. "You just don't like it!!" As if there aren't legitimate reasons to be against it, like it's some neutral fact of life, reducing any opinion of it to the same level as liking or disliking a song or film.
Reality is a team sport, to some people.
Too true.
I'm just going to keep calling it Twitter, and I'm honestly unsure of why everyone else, media outlets included, aren't doing the same.
It will die quicker if we call it X. Its just such an impractical name.
Seriously. Can an x even be trademarked?
Twitter, Facebook, Blackwater.
Ain't playing these games.
*Fuckbook
I still like "Birdsite", been using that on Mastodon for years evdn tho I have no clue why everyone started doing so
because other platform names are banned on tiktok
I never used Tiktok and I have my doubts many other Mastodon users do but I guess it could originate from something like that
All the more reason to go anywhere else.
When a platform thinks it owns you, leave.
It’s like how Anakin became Darth Vader.
Twitter fell to the Musk Side. Twitter may be inside, somewhere.
But the instant X started executing order 66, the line was crossed.
But remember: Even before Order 66 Anakin was slaughtering Sandpeople and creeping on Padme.
Xitter? Are people not just continuing to call it Twitter? Maybe if it ever becomes the everything app Musk wants it to be it will be distinct enough to justify a rebrand, but for right now it's just Twitter with the name filed off.
Xitter is pronounced Shitter, like the Chinese president.
Shitty the pooh?
I maintain ignoring the change annoys Musky the most, but say Xitter out loud.
I'm gonna pronounce Xitter 'shitter'.
We've finally come full circle from the beginning of Twitter until now.
I prefer to call it Xhitter, since it's so extra xhitty now.
Changing twitter to a black background with an X is about the most reactive, 13 year old thing a 52 year old billionaire could do.
xXElongMuskerXx
... does Elon know Zane Lofton isn't real?
Xhitler?
Oh. Damn. 😂🤣
Still is, but he used to be, too.
If you apply a swirl transform to X (much like the new blue check mark) you get... Oh ..
Edit: nm. The swirl is from somewhere else. I clearly don't pay much attention hehe
This is Firefish, not Twitter.
"Twitter is horrible! For fascists!"
this is Firefish!!
Ah right! whoops
Why is it people think that "fash is when I don't like" and why are they so smug about something so incredibly dumb?