• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    9011 months ago

    Elon is a genius! He removed the bird, symbolizing the loss of freedom for its user and his company’s inability to soar to great heights.

    The bird leaving indicates an impeding catastrophe about to hit his company and the new symbol “X” is just as clever, because that’s the sign people will click on when they go uninstall the app. Soon, the relationship between Twitter and its users will be nonexistent, just like Musk and his “X” wives

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      1111 months ago

      It’s especially relevant when you consider the phrase “Canary in a coal mine”, which literally and figuratively describes early warning of a problem.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    6011 months ago

    I have no idea why CNN would do a news story on what amounts to a marketing gimmick from a website.

    • superkret
      link
      fedilink
      1611 months ago

      If someone actually wanted to run Twitter into the ground on purpose, they couldn’t do it better than that.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          311 months ago

          He’s the richest guy on Earth, there’s no one to “task” him with anything. Never explain with malice what could better be explained by stupidity.

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            111 months ago

            Disagree on richest since most of his value (like everyone else on these lists) is from his stock portfolio.

            The actual richest and most powerful people rarely are on these lists.

            Also certain “govts” and authorities who control oil are the ones who most dislike services like twitter so…

        • Fisting for Freedom
          link
          fedilink
          011 months ago

          I think he’s just kind of a jackass, and he got himself into something he couldn’t get out of - like he’s always been able to do - and now he’s desperately throwing shit at the wall to fix it. He knows it’s not going well, and maybe he knows that everything he’s trying won’t actually help, but desperate people don’t reason well.

          I’d pity him if he weren’t also human garbage.

    • Flying Squid
      link
      fedilink
      1311 months ago

      Elon likes it, but it could probably look even cooler you added some lines at 90 degree angles!

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      2
      edit-2
      11 months ago

      That’s perfect, because it reminds you what part of the window to click when you accidentally find yourself on Twitter.

  • dm_me_ur_cock
    link
    fedilink
    1811 months ago

    We really need a way to block by keywords. Elon Musk says is about as worthless as Donald Trump says.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    811 months ago
    • wants to create a super app for everything

    • limits DMs because they can’t manage spam

    yeah, ok buddy

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      2
      edit-2
      11 months ago

      I’m sure it was remarked upon at the time, but naming your company “X Corp” is the most lame comic book supervillain shit I’ve ever heard. Like not even main supervillain, but more like sub Hammer level. One of those bad guys who is always coming up with elaborate schemes for petty shit and getting his ass handed to him by tertiary level heroes.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      211 months ago

      He’s also risking legal action from Microsoft (DirectX, Xbox), Apple (OS X), Google (skunkworks called Google X), Xvideos, Firaxis (XCOM) and Meta (owns a trademark on X in social media they bought from MS for what became Facebook Games) all at the same time.