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Twitter Finally Turns to 'X' on Apple's App Store
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Meh. I miss the bird. I get that Elon's trying to make it more masculine and "cyber", but the bird logo was pretty iconic.
It's not hard to do this. If you have a backup with a copy of an old version of Twitter, you can install it on any phone.
It is sharper and more masculine. Fit's Elon's personality. If you drive a CyberTruck you'll want to use X, not some bird app.
Funny how it still says “Tweet” on here.. I wonder what they’ll change this to 🤔
I know he's had a long obsession with "X", going back to the PayPal days, but this attempted conversion from Twitter to "X" to be an "Everything app" that he wants people to trust with everything, including (checks notes) *banking*...
For one, if you want it to be an "Everything app"... You could, stay with me here, name it anything that brings to mind .. you know.. "Everything"? "X", at best, is an "unknown variable".... At worst, it's porn? Or.. drugs? And, Windows users have been infected by how much malware on shady porn sites the past 20 years? Parents are going to want their kids using... "X"?
He could have just formed a new company, "X", and made Twitter a subsidiary... and rather than destroying Twitter, either expanded it into the "Everything app", or created a new app, exclusive for Twitter Blue users, that would become a new "Everything app" ("Everything By Twitter" or "InfinityX By Twitter" or "UniversalBlue By Twitter"), that eventually would be available to the masses....
But, nope. set it all on fire and ?
With this nonsensical approach to the whole process of destroying Twitter to create "X"... (along with not being able to pay some basic bills, like you know rent..) is there anyone who would ever trust this dumpster fire with their *banking*???? I'd rather trust the family of possums in the back yard with my money than whatever this mess is?
And, all of this depends on anyone outside the areas that already have "Everything apps" ... (who likely won't want to switch to X) ... actually *wanting* to use an "Everything app"? Musk is assuming that the average Boomer wants to co-mingle their creeping on porn stars on twitter with their banking? Musk is assuming that the average GenXer wants to co-mingle their dating app or maybe their weather app and their banking? Maybe Millennials? Maybe a Millennial wants to bank in the same app they share cat videos with? Maybe? Or maybe Generation Z?
I don't know anyone who actually *wants* an "Everything app"?
So, all of this, this whole dumpster fire.. could be for NOTHING....
And, the fact that that's highly likely doesn't seem to have occurred to them...
And, they want us to trust them with our *banking*?
Sigh.
For one, if you want it to be an "Everything app"... You could, stay with me here, name it anything that brings to mind .. you know.. "Everything"? "X", at best, is an "unknown variable".... At worst, it's porn? Or.. drugs? And, Windows users have been infected by how much malware on shady porn sites the past 20 years? Parents are going to want their kids using... "X"?
He could have just formed a new company, "X", and made Twitter a subsidiary... and rather than destroying Twitter, either expanded it into the "Everything app", or created a new app, exclusive for Twitter Blue users, that would become a new "Everything app" ("Everything By Twitter" or "InfinityX By Twitter" or "UniversalBlue By Twitter"), that eventually would be available to the masses....
But, nope. set it all on fire and ?
With this nonsensical approach to the whole process of destroying Twitter to create "X"... (along with not being able to pay some basic bills, like you know rent..) is there anyone who would ever trust this dumpster fire with their *banking*???? I'd rather trust the family of possums in the back yard with my money than whatever this mess is?
And, all of this depends on anyone outside the areas that already have "Everything apps" ... (who likely won't want to switch to X) ... actually *wanting* to use an "Everything app"? Musk is assuming that the average Boomer wants to co-mingle their creeping on porn stars on twitter with their banking? Musk is assuming that the average GenXer wants to co-mingle their dating app or maybe their weather app and their banking? Maybe Millennials? Maybe a Millennial wants to bank in the same app they share cat videos with? Maybe? Or maybe Generation Z?
I don't know anyone who actually *wants* an "Everything app"?
So, all of this, this whole dumpster fire.. could be for NOTHING....
And, the fact that that's highly likely doesn't seem to have occurred to them...
And, they want us to trust them with our *banking*?
Sigh.
Everyone is bitching about Elon Musk’s business moves and yet they forget about Meta’s dumpster fire VR headset. Pumping in over 38 billion dollars of their own money only to lose almost 14 billion last year.
Businesses make moves and sometimes they work out and sometimes they don’t. My first company went belly up and my dad had to co-sign a loan to get me out. Nobody is immune to failure but Musk
is nowhere near that yet with X as he has just started.
Businesses make moves and sometimes they work out and sometimes they don’t. My first company went belly up and my dad had to co-sign a loan to get me out. Nobody is immune to failure but Musk
is nowhere near that yet with X as he has just started.
I barely even use Twitter anymore. This app has lately been full of negativity, bullying, bots, people arguing with each others everywhere.. always gives me negative energy everytime I open it.
Been thinking of uninstalling it for a while, and now that it has been changed to “X” which makes no sense at all, I might actually do it
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Would A new “Tweet” be called, “XTweet”?
I don't see him wearing a monocle and stroking a cat yet. Come on Elon. Get with the program!
So stupid. Can't wait until X is Myspace.
I for one think the rebrand is a bizarre move. But anyone who cries on the internet saying “Elon bad” is a fool. His track record is too good. Don’t count him out.
Unfortunately, all of social media is like that. 😕Pre-Elon Twitter was like that as well.I barely even use Twitter anymore. This app has lately been full of negativity, bullying, bots, people arguing with each others everywhere.. always gives me negative energy everytime I open it.
Been thinking of uninstalling it for a while, and now that it has been changed to “X” which makes no sense at all, I might actually do it
I will say that Elon is left brain and graphic design is not his specialty.
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I don’t want to turn this political so let’s be careful, but where are you seeing Nazis and hate? I follow a few conservative talking heads but mostly science-type stuff. I’ve never come across any nazis. That’s not to say they aren’t there, I’m just curious where you see that stuff?
Masculine isn’t his personality. It’s what he aspires to someday be. His personality is spoiled chubby trollish manchild.
That actually made more sense because Flappy Bird was removed from the App Store. So phones that had it would always have it (unless/until it was restored), but nobody else could get it. In this case, the Twitter app will eventually be updated and replaced with the new icon, unless you completely disable auto app updates.
There are no shareholder values since it is no longer a publicly traded company. The value of twitter has dropped, but that is a musk problem, not a shareholder problem.
That’s right. But it has gotten worse after Elon took over. He started off by firing lots of employees, then he added the stupid blue checkmark subscription thingy, which has allowed so many bots and fake accounts to be easily verified. And now he’s changing the brand’s name to “X” which makes no sense at all..
This app has become a total mess after he took over. Instead of “fixing” Twitter as he claimed, he basically ruined it.
I seem to recall a website called Amazon.com
I was a book company and when they dipped their toe into logistics I said “Are you crazy - you are a book company!”
Today Amazon is…
Selling books…
I’m just saying it works both ways!
Naa, but I guess it's how you use it. The only social media I use is Instagram (well, and Strava which is technically social media) and I only follow people I personally know and care to follow. I don't see any of that nonsense.
I have no interest in internet politics, debate, sh**-posting and trolling. Leave me out of it.
You mentioned it on your reply, but still didn't get it. Investors, not shareholders. Different things.That's just not true.
Musk didn't pony up the $44 billion all by himself. People like Larry Ellison and a Saudi prince all took a small stake in Twitter / X
Musk's major shareholders at Twitter include a Saudi prince and the crypto exchange Binance
Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding Company rolled over $1.89 billion in Twitter shares, he said Friday.fortune.com
Investors who would get ownership stakes in Twitter were also expected to chip in billions. Musk’s original slate of equity partners included an array of parties ranging from the billionaire’s tech world friends with like-minded ideas about Twitter’s future, such as Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, to funds controlled by Middle Eastern royalty.
Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said Friday that he and his Kingdom Holding Company rolled over a combined $1.89 billion in existing Twitter shares, making them the company’s largest shareholder after Musk. Another equity investor, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, confirmed Friday that it put in $500 million.
Than I would argue you are not paying attention:
Musk's app reinstates user who posted 'child exploitation photos'
The user was temporarily suspended early Wednesday morning. His account was back later that day.
mashable.com
Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, reinstates Kanye West's account
The suspension has been lifted.
mashable.com
Elon Musk Is Turning Twitter Into a Haven for Nazis
Musk has welcomed neo-Nazis back onto the platform, engaged with them on his timeline, and posted multiple tweets that appeal directly to them.
www.vice.com
There are more that just add fuel to this dumpster fire