Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

Post by mgiannopoulos » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 3:56 PM UTC

AirMax98 wrote: post #598

martin-adams wrote: post #493

For what I can tell, Elon bought Twitter to take it off the stock market, fix it as a private company, creating growth and profitability, and then list it later to make his money back. He sees the X vision to make Twitter become the Everything App, where people turn to it for more than just messaging, but video calls and commerce. Very much like WeChat where it serves as a platform for things like restaurant bookings…

> For what I can tell, Elon bought Twitter to take it off the stock market, fix it as a private company, creating growth and profitability, and then list it later to make his money back. A reminder that Elon had to be sued into buying this company.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 3:57 PM UTC

scythe wrote: post #296

LelouBil wrote: post #109

I hope that this will push government officials and structures to set up mastodon instances. Like one for the government where each agency has an account. Europe did this [0] and I find that it's a very good idea to have control over communication (plus since it's open anyone can do what they want with the data) [0] https://social.network.europa.eu/

It's legally hairy in the United States for the government to moderate Internet platforms. As I recall, some public officials were taken to court over blocking people on the site formerly known as Twitter. There's a court case pending against the government right now regarding its communications with platforms during the COVID crisis.

Post by nickstinemates » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 3:57 PM UTC

MPSimmons wrote: post #519

heyjamesknight wrote: post #441

I've been mostly ambivalent about the Musk-era at Twitter—mostly because I just don't care enough to have an opinion. This, though. This one makes me angry and disappointed. Twitter has had such a solid brand for so long. It's accomplished things most marketers only dream of: getting a verb like "Tweet" into the standard lexicon is like the pinnacle of branding. Even with all of the issues, "Twitter" and its "Tweets"…

Elon is really, really good at a couple of things: - Identifying inefficiencies in an existing technical solution - Making people do what he wants The things that Elon is really good at don't necessarily translate to great success in a long-term strategic vision. In a pure engineering discipline, like automotive production or aerospace engineering, they're very useful, but neither one of those things necessarily lend…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 3:59 PM UTC

sdfzguf wrote: post #159

jacquesm wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no plan. You're seeing management by whim.

It's a calming thought, that once you have too much power, there is no one left to question you and stuff like that is the result. Fortunately there are no actual lifes of people involved here, opposing to some similar political situation of the past.

Post by jmondi » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 3:59 PM UTC

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #638

musha68k wrote: post #602

I don’t remember who stated this but basically there is this thought that Musk was in fact mad about how on Twitter the “common man” could indeed vocally and effectively share their disagreement with his decisions. It also might have been an impulsive decision to become relevant in “new tech” at the same time (why would he care so much about this, boredom?). Ultimately he probably just wanted to get out of that impul…

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