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At the risk of being off topic (well, definitely): > in a post on X, formerly Twitter It keep surprising me that someone can so completely torpedo their brand
by Aeolun 3y ago
At the risk of being off topic (well, definitely):
> in a post on X, formerly Twitter
It keep surprising me that someone can so completely torpedo their brand that news organisations feel compelled to keep referring to the old name so people have some idea of what they’re talking about.
- yeck 3y agoHah, yes. I chuckle to myself every time.
- sangnoir 3y agoThe last time I recall the press using similar language was when the subject was intentionally damaging their own brand due to a contract grievance: "[glyph] (the artist formerly known as Prince)"
- crooked-v 3y agoIt's called the Love Symbol, for what it's worth. Sadly, it doesn't exist in Unicode.
- paulddraper 3y ago[flagged]
- crooked-v 3y agoWell, and it's an easy hedge against, if or when Elon goes bankrupt enough that he has to sell it, the new owner immediately renaming the service back to Twitter.