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[-] hydro033@kbin.social 72 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

His first website (or company?) was named X and he said he has a fondness for the letter, hence his son's odd name, SpaceX, and the rebrand of twitter. He just likes the letter X.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk#X.com_and_PayPal

[-] Karlos_Cantana@kbin.social 61 points 11 months ago

I like boobs. Imagine what the logo would be if I had bought Twitter.

[-] Mountaineer@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago
[-] silverbax@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

You may be surprised to learn that Elon painted over the W in Twitter on the building in San Fransisco this week.

[-] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

You mean a few months ago?

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago

We need a boobs social media platform. Now that's a million dollar idea.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 13 points 11 months ago

Booby is a kind of bird. So, I mean.. The logo doesn't need to be THAT different.

[-] Helldiver_M@kbin.social 71 points 11 months ago
[-] aeternum@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

that poor kid. He's gonna be teased so hard.

[-] enkille@lemmy.world 60 points 11 months ago

I think it's very appropriate to go ahead and call it the x-social media platform

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 12 points 11 months ago

Solid wordplay, good delivery, 10/10

[-] Roundcat@kbin.social 24 points 11 months ago
[-] Ghost33313@kbin.social 12 points 11 months ago

I thought it was for the first thing I click when I find an open twitter tab.

[-] SpicyPeaSoup@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

I guess naming your business after your son is cool.

[-] mr_MADAFAKA@mastodon.social 7 points 11 months ago

@Brainsick Sure sounds cool, but why? Twitter is well known name

[-] Brainsick@kbin.social 24 points 11 months ago

Because he's a wealthy dingus who thinks he's a genius? Who the hell knows what he's attempting to accomplish. It'll definitely affect search engine traffic in a negative way.

[-] theDLCguy@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

@mr_MADAFAKA

I mean Facebook did the same thing. Maybe it's to help distract from some of the negative press they've been getting. I don't have any proof for this, and I kinda just made it up on the spot, but I could see it being the case. Either way, I agree it's a stupid decision. Meta at least had the sense to change only the name of the company, and not the well-known product itself.

[-] TheDeadGuy@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

~~Simpsons~~Futurama did it

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