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because elon renamed twitter to "x corp", bought the x.com domain and shoved this character on it.
by masukomi 3y ago
because elon renamed twitter to "x corp", bought the x.com domain and shoved this character on it.
- mkl 3y agoHe (or a company of his) has had the x.com domain for decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com
- spread_love 3y agoNo, it changed ownership many times since 1999. > On July 5 2017, Musk repurchased the domain name X.com from PayPal They even took a little jab at him when it happened > "We are delighted to sell the domain x.com back to its previous owner"
- pilsetnieks 3y ago[flagged]
- deadbunny 3y ago> On July 5 2017 2017 is not 1999
- gilleain 3y agoGiven the start of this thread was about N, C, X etc ... We could even say "2017 > 1999", giving an ordering over these numbers.
- mkl 3y agoI think you missed the point: the domain has not been in Musk's control that whole time, as I had thought. His company X.com had it, then PayPal got it when it was created in the merger of X.com and Confinity, and PayPal kept it after Musk left, but then Musk got it back.
- tsimionescu 3y agoThis doesn't contradict what you're saying, but note that the company was only re-branded to PayPal after Musk left it. I think it was just named Confinity after the merger.
- spread_love 3y agoI'm delighted to let you know that you missed the point. It was a very short comment.
- misnome 3y agoI'm sorry to be the one to let you know but 2017 was under two decades ago.
- RoryH 3y agoWas this message posted on x.com?
- MisterTea 3y agoAm I crazy or was x.com at one point x-drive, the early online storage company?
- onesphere 3y agoI get a ‘godaddy parked’ page for x.com (not even a ‘y’ or a ‘z’): https://thetaplane.com/x.com https://thetaplane.com/x.com
- coev 3y agoHe owned x.com decades ago and it was part of paypal's acquisition, then they sold the name back to elon a few years ago
- dietrichepp 3y agoThe bird is a lot more recognizable, no? Maybe even beautiful?
- booleandilemma 3y agoI thought the same thing. The bird is endearing. Changing it to X is something some edgy teenager would do. I can't help but wonder if he's trying to destroy twitter on purpose.
- solardev 3y agoThis whole Twitter saga is like what happens when a cat catches a bird and doesn't know what to do with it so just slowly tortures it to death for the hell of it
- NoNotTheDuo 3y agoNot only the bird, but all of the associated verbiage. For example, Tweet and Retweet. Do those go away after changing the name and logo?
- solardev 3y agoYeah lol, Musk wants to call them xs now. Like "your x last night was pretty great" or "will you share your x with me again?" Not even kidding. https://apnews.com/article/twitter-x-logo-blue-bird-musk-0689e9a5c3a217afc2fbefeaf0e6d8a8 https://apnews.com/article/twitter-x-logo-blue-bird-musk-068... > In response to questions about what tweets would be called when the rebranding is done, Musk said they would be called Xs.
- account42 3y agoBy coincidence, a lot of people I know have already been calling them twats.
- brazzledazzle 3y agoClearly none of the marketing or branding people stayed on. Or he ignores them.