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Eh, I imagine people will just keep using the old nomenclature. Still, while the social network was presuambly the most valuable part of Twitter, gotta figure

Eh, I imagine people will just keep using the old nomenclature. Still, while the social network was presuambly the most valuable part of Twitter, gotta figure the brand was a non-trivial part of the 44 billion Musk paid to buy the company. Seems crazy to toss it after a few months. Also, the new brand is bad. if someone told me to check out "x.com", I would assume they were directing me to a porn site. And the logo looks too much like the button you click to close your browser.

bleepblop 3y ago
Reminds me of the OS X logo honestly. Maybe apple has a leg to stand on in terms of trademark? Though I find that highly doubtful due to it being a letter of the alphabet.
- simplicio 3y ago
  Think the x.org foundation has the better claim, since they pronounce the name the same way (think OS X is "OS ten", from what I recall), and their logo is closer.
  - bleepblop 3y ago
    Understandably and I concur. However, I haven't met anyone outside of the apple company that would pronounce it OS 10. That being said, they don't even use the nomenclature anymore.
    - vmladenov 3y ago
      I came over to Snow Leopard from Windows and always thought OS X til I heard it at a WWDC. Later, I met professors that had used OS 9, System 7, etc. and they always said OS 10 consistently.
- whywhywhywhy 3y ago
  OS X was never an X it was a roman numeral 10 and when used on its own it was mostly serif. Pretty sure apples own presentations used “OS Ten” not “OS Ecks”
  - foooorsyth 3y ago
    But users definitely said “OS Ecks” and “iPhone Ecks”. Using X to represent 10 is a branding disaster. Doesn’t matter if you get it straight in your keynote that only nerds watch.
divbzero 3y ago
> the logo looks too much like the button you click to close your browser … which is exactly what many us do now whenever we hit the paywall.
slimebot80 3y ago
Nah, I'll be saying eXcrete over tweet from now on. It's on brand.

bleepblop 3y ago

Reminds me of the OS X logo honestly. Maybe apple has a leg to stand on in terms of trademark? Though I find that highly doubtful due to it being a letter of the alphabet.

simplicio 3y ago
Think the x.org foundation has the better claim, since they pronounce the name the same way (think OS X is "OS ten", from what I recall), and their logo is closer.
- bleepblop 3y ago
  Understandably and I concur. However, I haven't met anyone outside of the apple company that would pronounce it OS 10. That being said, they don't even use the nomenclature anymore.
  - vmladenov 3y ago
    I came over to Snow Leopard from Windows and always thought OS X til I heard it at a WWDC. Later, I met professors that had used OS 9, System 7, etc. and they always said OS 10 consistently.
whywhywhywhy 3y ago
OS X was never an X it was a roman numeral 10 and when used on its own it was mostly serif. Pretty sure apples own presentations used “OS Ten” not “OS Ecks”
- foooorsyth 3y ago
  But users definitely said “OS Ecks” and “iPhone Ecks”. Using X to represent 10 is a branding disaster. Doesn’t matter if you get it straight in your keynote that only nerds watch.

divbzero 3y ago

> the logo looks too much like the button you click to close your browser … which is exactly what many us do now whenever we hit the paywall.

slimebot80 3y ago

Nah, I'll be saying eXcrete over tweet from now on. It's on brand.