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Re: Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

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Post by Balgair » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 5:35 PM UTC

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…

> (why would he care so much about this, boredom?)

> due to extreme unreflected and unchecked ego

Unfortunately, I think it's worse than that. My belief is that it's manic phases caused by bipolar disorder. If you squint and chart these 'manic' decisions, it seems to be about every 4-5 months. In between he'll often (though not always) post some self-reflective and more 'down' things and be generally more quiet (remember the diet-coke and gun pics?). Then, like with many bipolar sufferers, he'll get 'manic' again and do these kinda things to his businesses and to those around him who care. His personal life is famously a mess.

I want to be clear, I'm not a shrink, I have no degrees in this, and I'm 'diagnosing' this very far removed from the guy. But I do have a few bipolar people in my life and, to me, the parallels are very striking.

I feel for him in that way. Despite all the money and fame, the disease that I suspect he suffers from (with, again, low evidence) is a very tough one to accept. Of the people in my own life that suffer from it, none have moved past a confirmed diagnosis and started the long road to recovery and acceptance.

Re: Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

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Post by Melatonic » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 5:36 PM UTC

This is such bad web design its amazing

Go to the Twitter.com on mobile in a private browsing window or basically be not logged in. The standard popup will come up asking you to logon.

In the top left is a small X you can click to close this popup and continue to twitter without loggin in. In the center top left is the new X logo which is just slightly larger. I immediately clicked on the larger X and of course nothing happened. I then realized it was the smaller but very similar X in the upper left hand corner I needed to click to close the popup.

How is the basic design this bad?

Re: Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 5:36 PM UTC

catgary wrote: post #503

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…

At this point it seems like he’s dismantling Twitter on purpose. I can understand why the Saudis who lent him money would want it gone after the Arab spring.

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Re: Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 5:36 PM UTC

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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Re: Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

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Post by 7moritz7 » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 5:37 PM UTC

TheCaptain4815 wrote: post #776

Very interesting no one had an issue with twitter when they were mass censoring (even the sitting president of the united states!), got hacked by a 17 year old to have all types of celebrities and politicians tweet a bitcoin scam, were chock full of scam bots, etc. Twitter today is freer and on the path towards improvement, much like the original twitter. Who remembers the Iran revolution and the "stop or i'll tweet"…

I've had an issue with Twitter for years. Don't know another platform where getting angry and finding political extremists was as easy, before Musk. Musk made it worse by validating those people's gigantic ego with the 8 dollar blue svg.

Re: Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

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Post by napierzaza » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 5:37 PM UTC

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"…

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Re: Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

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Post by luxuryballs » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 5:38 PM UTC

danudey wrote: post #732

kfrzcode wrote: post #712

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Most people aren't willing to spend so much time and energy working against the algorithm that's deliberately trying to push this content that people loathe. If I have to see a bunch of toxic BS in my timeline, and spend my time blocking people, reporting them, etc., only to see more of the same moments later, what's the point? The problem is that there is a clash between what users want to see and what the company's…

I’m curious what kind of content this tends to be, I am not a frequent Twitter user but the content moderation doesn’t seem to be wildly different than before. What kind of toxic BS are you seeing that was previously not there?

Re: Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

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Post by JakeTheAndroid » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 5:39 PM UTC

TheCaptain4815 wrote: post #776

Very interesting no one had an issue with twitter when they were mass censoring (even the sitting president of the united states!), got hacked by a 17 year old to have all types of celebrities and politicians tweet a bitcoin scam, were chock full of scam bots, etc. Twitter today is freer and on the path towards improvement, much like the original twitter. Who remembers the Iran revolution and the "stop or i'll tweet"…

Yeah, it's so free the word CIS is considered hate speech. It's so free you can't see tweets without logging in. It's so free Elon gave insider information to hand selected journalists to build a misleading narrative. Maximum freedom for sure.

We all know why certain people seem to like Musk, they just won't admit it because they know the reasons make them look bad.

Also, there are still scams, still fake accounts, still tons of bots, etc lol.

Re: Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

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Post by gloryjulio » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 5:39 PM UTC

explain wrote: post #73

gloryjulio wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another stupid play is to merge verification with membership. I thought he would add a new membership tier along blue check mark to have some extra income. Instead he actually chose the bizarre route and sabotaged the verification. Maybe he is really being paid by the Saudis to intentionally ruin Twitter to reduce the freedom of speech

> to reduce the freedom of speech This is giving me "homophobes are actually raging homosexuals" energy.

It was a tongue in cheek comment because he didn't choose the obvious profitable and sensible route where lots of the ppl thought the same.

Not sure what kind of rationale could arrive at ur conclusion

Re: Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

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Post by appel » Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 5:39 PM UTC

So the 'world's most brilliant entrepreneur' paid 44 billion - about twice as much as its estimated worth at the time, though much less that that now - to own the Twitter brand, only to toss it out within a year. Arguably the one thing that, while damaged, still holds some value. Help me make it make sense.