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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Untitled_Pribor@kbin.social to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

Context: Twitter is currently rebranding it self as X.com, which is the bottom logo. X.org is a FOSS implementation of the The X Window System which is being slowly replaced by the newer Wayland display server. Because of the Twitter rebrand Someone decided to make Wayland.social, to parody the X.org to Wayland transition.

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[-] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 year ago

Twitter is doing what? Why? ???

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 year ago

Want everyone to stop talking about your mistakes and failures? Rebrand! Now everyone is focused on your new stupid logo!

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

It totally worked for Xfinity

[-] FearTheNoFear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Charter did the same and rebranded to Spectrum.

[-] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

This I understand, but why in the name of the gods both old and new to X?? Why just one letter? ~Does his brain not work?~

Nvm figured it out

[-] GatoB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Its rage bait and everyone is still promoting it

[-] spamspeicher@feddit.de 30 points 1 year ago
[-] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Musk really likes the letter X, and his previous x.com venture from 1999 went belly up

So, he’s rebranding his new toy to his favorite letter

[-] Gooboob@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I thought x.com became paypal

[-] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It was taken over by PayPal, yeah. PayPal was the better processor and didn’t want competition

[-] zephr_c@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

PayPal didn't have enough cash to expand as quickly as they wanted to though, so they merged with x.com to get ahold of that blood emerald money.

[-] starman@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Same reasons as reddit. Pure stupidity.

[-] blake@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Give spez a few weeks and he’ll have followed with a reddit rebrand.

[-] khelmr@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Coming soon: reddit changes its name to 𝕐, because 𝕐 not?

[-] Xeelee@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Some megalomaniac man child thought it was a good idea.

[-] sci@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

musk likes X better

this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023
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