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The Brand Toolkit page needs updating - https://about.twitter.com/en/who-we-are/brand-toolkit https://about.twitter.com/en/who-we-are/brand-toolkit Not only doe

The Brand Toolkit page needs updating - https://about.twitter.com/en/who-we-are/brand-toolkit https://about.twitter.com/en/who-we-are/brand-toolkit Not only does it still have the bird it says "Our logo is our most recognizable asset. That’s why we’re so protective of it. Take a moment to think about how you apply it and take a read of our Brand Guidelines for examples of how we like you to use it."

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dmix 3y ago
The app is also "Twitter", the <title> tag is etc. Everyone is going to keep calling them tweets. It's just the logo and redirecting the x.com domain really. Which makes sense IMO (regardless of whether it was a good idea which I'm skeptical), I don't think they should go hard with the rebranding immediately. You need to slow roll it so people don't get confused. The logo is a good start making people notice and get curious without making a big disruption in Google results and mobile app discovery.
- herval 3y ago
  googling for photos or videos on twitter just got a whole lot better!
  - samstave 3y ago
    They suspended the XVIDEOS account (the porn site), apparently in prep to claim the name... So searching for "xvideos" on google or DDG is going to be interesting going forward.
    - optionalsquid 3y ago
      @xvideos seems to have been banned since at least 2018: https://archive.li/wH3B3 https://archive.li/wH3B3 xvideos.com's account is @xvideoscom and is dated 2010.
- itslennysfault 3y ago
  To be fair, I find myself calling the things I post (and read) on threads tweets.
- OneLeggedCat 3y ago
  "Tweets" shall now be called "Xcrements"
Merad 3y ago
That's hilarious. I honestly wonder if Elon decided to do this change on Friday and had people rushing all weekend to push it out the door.
- rapsey 3y ago
  No it has probably been a plan since the beginning. He wants to build an everything app like wechat.
  - dundarious 3y ago
    Most likely, both are true.
  - tltimeline2 3y ago
    If it was the plan from the beginning then why announce it via rambling tweets late at night, before it's even announced to the employees? LOLOLOL. UNICODE X "ICON" LOLOLOL
  - cududa 3y ago
    It’s a Unicode symbol that can’t be copyrighted that was suggested in a comment reply and the CEO had to spin the rebrand after Musk tweeted for 12 hours through the night with no sleep. He has no plan. How is that not painfully obvious at this point
    - rapsey 3y ago
      Musk has owned x.com for many years. It goes back to paypal days.
      - cududa 3y ago
        First of all by saying “the PayPal days” shows you have very little idea what you’re talking about and I’m not going to elaborate. Second of all, so what? What does that have to do with him just picking a Unicode character at 4am on a Saturday? Your argument was this logo change was planned. Okay, so he’s planning on turning it into a finance platform, and you’re saying it was “part of his master plan” to pick a logo at 4am that can’t be trademarked (because it’s just a Unicode character), such that any one can setup a login page for using the logo, to harvest X.com credentials, and they can’t do anything because they don’t own the trademark? Brilliant plan.
ulfw 3y ago
Doubt anyone who worked on that still is employed there. And even if, they surely weren't asked their opinion, nor informed about the decision.
- conradfr 3y ago
  I guess not. https://twitter.com/martingrasser/status/1683266038602010624 https://twitter.com/martingrasser/status/1683266038602010624
  - uo21tp5hoyg 3y ago
    Can't even view a thread without logging in now, got to hand it to Musk for reducing my Twitter usage from passive to non-existent.
    - rarafael 3y ago
      you can still view it through https://nitter.net https://nitter.net, which I guess makes the open source Javascript-less front-end to Twitter more accessible for SEO? maybe Google should start indexing that lol
    - Lolaccount 3y ago
      Same. I don't intend to either. https://archive.li/b4Ylw https://archive.li/b4Ylw
    - sanderjd 3y ago
      I honestly didn't even know that I could still view individual tweets. I used to go read new tweets from my favorite posters from time to time, but I haven't been back since they forced that behind a login.
      - aaronsimpson 3y ago
        As soon as I deleted the app from my phone and established a "can only view Twitter on my laptop" rule, I basically stopped using it.
dehrmann 3y ago
Perhaps you should email press@twitter.com to let them know.
luxuryballs 3y ago
Wait is this just because they aren’t rebranding Twitter? Just the company that operates it? I don’t have Facebook but I was under the impression that it was still Facebook even though the company rebranded to Meta.
ModernMech 3y ago
Holy shit I did a literal spit take when I read that. Way too funny.
merdaverse 3y ago
The site favicon hasn't been updated either. I imagine that last employee working at Twitter who hasn't been fired has had a difficult weekend updating the logo.

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dmix 3y ago

The app is also "Twitter", the <title> tag is etc. Everyone is going to keep calling them tweets. It's just the logo and redirecting the x.com domain really. Which makes sense IMO (regardless of whether it was a good idea which I'm skeptical), I don't think they should go hard with the rebranding immediately. You need to slow roll it so people don't get confused. The logo is a good start making people notice and get curious without making a big disruption in Google results and mobile app discovery.

herval 3y ago
googling for photos or videos on twitter just got a whole lot better!
- samstave 3y ago
  They suspended the XVIDEOS account (the porn site), apparently in prep to claim the name... So searching for "xvideos" on google or DDG is going to be interesting going forward.
  - optionalsquid 3y ago
    @xvideos seems to have been banned since at least 2018: https://archive.li/wH3B3 https://archive.li/wH3B3 xvideos.com's account is @xvideoscom and is dated 2010.
itslennysfault 3y ago
To be fair, I find myself calling the things I post (and read) on threads tweets.
OneLeggedCat 3y ago
"Tweets" shall now be called "Xcrements"

Merad 3y ago

That's hilarious. I honestly wonder if Elon decided to do this change on Friday and had people rushing all weekend to push it out the door.

rapsey 3y ago
No it has probably been a plan since the beginning. He wants to build an everything app like wechat.
- dundarious 3y ago
  Most likely, both are true.
- tltimeline2 3y ago
  If it was the plan from the beginning then why announce it via rambling tweets late at night, before it's even announced to the employees? LOLOLOL. UNICODE X "ICON" LOLOLOL
- cududa 3y ago
  It’s a Unicode symbol that can’t be copyrighted that was suggested in a comment reply and the CEO had to spin the rebrand after Musk tweeted for 12 hours through the night with no sleep. He has no plan. How is that not painfully obvious at this point
  - rapsey 3y ago
    Musk has owned x.com for many years. It goes back to paypal days.
    - cududa 3y ago
      First of all by saying “the PayPal days” shows you have very little idea what you’re talking about and I’m not going to elaborate. Second of all, so what? What does that have to do with him just picking a Unicode character at 4am on a Saturday? Your argument was this logo change was planned. Okay, so he’s planning on turning it into a finance platform, and you’re saying it was “part of his master plan” to pick a logo at 4am that can’t be trademarked (because it’s just a Unicode character), such that any one can setup a login page for using the logo, to harvest X.com credentials, and they can’t do anything because they don’t own the trademark? Brilliant plan.

ulfw 3y ago

Doubt anyone who worked on that still is employed there. And even if, they surely weren't asked their opinion, nor informed about the decision.

conradfr 3y ago
I guess not. https://twitter.com/martingrasser/status/1683266038602010624 https://twitter.com/martingrasser/status/1683266038602010624
- uo21tp5hoyg 3y ago
  Can't even view a thread without logging in now, got to hand it to Musk for reducing my Twitter usage from passive to non-existent.
  - rarafael 3y ago
    you can still view it through https://nitter.net https://nitter.net, which I guess makes the open source Javascript-less front-end to Twitter more accessible for SEO? maybe Google should start indexing that lol
  - Lolaccount 3y ago
    Same. I don't intend to either. https://archive.li/b4Ylw https://archive.li/b4Ylw
  - sanderjd 3y ago
    I honestly didn't even know that I could still view individual tweets. I used to go read new tweets from my favorite posters from time to time, but I haven't been back since they forced that behind a login.
    - aaronsimpson 3y ago
      As soon as I deleted the app from my phone and established a "can only view Twitter on my laptop" rule, I basically stopped using it.

dehrmann 3y ago

Perhaps you should email press@twitter.com to let them know.

luxuryballs 3y ago

Wait is this just because they aren’t rebranding Twitter? Just the company that operates it? I don’t have Facebook but I was under the impression that it was still Facebook even though the company rebranded to Meta.

ModernMech 3y ago

Holy shit I did a literal spit take when I read that. Way too funny.

merdaverse 3y ago

The site favicon hasn't been updated either. I imagine that last employee working at Twitter who hasn't been fired has had a difficult weekend updating the logo.