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> dropping the part of your brand name that actually makes it recognizable This feels a lot like Twitter -> X, I guess we have to get used to this.

swyx 2y ago
also openai is moving to a post gpt world
kmeisthax 2y ago
Twitter -> X is such a terrible rebrand even Elon Musk doesn't use it consistently.
- dmonitor 2y ago
  I don't get why he didn't rebrand it as "twitter on X", X encompassing the chatbot, job search, group voice calls, etc and "twitter" being an "app" on X
  - basch 2y ago
    because then the press wound still refer to it as twitter. who calls alphabet alphabet? meta ended up slightly better only because they had three or four really strong consumer brands.
    - sunaookami 2y ago
      >who calls alphabet alphabet? Not the same as Alphabet is the parent company and media do call it so when the parent company is fined for example. Same for Meta. Also, the press does write "X" or "X (formerly Twitter").
      - basch 2y ago
        I replied to a comment suggesting X be a parent company to Twitter.
        dmonitor 2y ago
        Not exactly. I was saying Twitter should be the product, X should be the platform. The current situation would be as if Google renamed Youtube to Google
    - mcperr3 2y ago
      I don't call alphabet anything because I don't talk about alphabet. Google is a subsidiary within alphabet.
      - basch 2y ago
        I replied to a comment recommending Twitter be a subsidiary of X.
- sebazzz 2y ago
  He jumps consistently in an X shape every time he makes a public speech though. He is pretty… important about the X.
- insane_dreamer 2y ago
  It’s because X was supposed to become a one app to rule them all like WeChat in China, and that obviously never happened (maybe because he fired everyone?), instead X is just Elon’s personal Twitter.
  - type0 2y ago
    It's sad but it might eventually. I would imagine to the end of Trump cadence we'll be paying with x-coin in supermarkets, both he and Elon will be making tons of money. Trumps and Elons x-coin will have tariffs built in to it and you won't be paying taxes if you use it /s

swyx 2y ago

also openai is moving to a post gpt world

kmeisthax 2y ago

Twitter -> X is such a terrible rebrand even Elon Musk doesn't use it consistently.

dmonitor 2y ago
I don't get why he didn't rebrand it as "twitter on X", X encompassing the chatbot, job search, group voice calls, etc and "twitter" being an "app" on X
- basch 2y ago
  because then the press wound still refer to it as twitter. who calls alphabet alphabet? meta ended up slightly better only because they had three or four really strong consumer brands.
  - sunaookami 2y ago
    >who calls alphabet alphabet? Not the same as Alphabet is the parent company and media do call it so when the parent company is fined for example. Same for Meta. Also, the press does write "X" or "X (formerly Twitter").
    - basch 2y ago
      I replied to a comment suggesting X be a parent company to Twitter.
      - dmonitor 2y ago
        Not exactly. I was saying Twitter should be the product, X should be the platform. The current situation would be as if Google renamed Youtube to Google
  - mcperr3 2y ago
    I don't call alphabet anything because I don't talk about alphabet. Google is a subsidiary within alphabet.
    - basch 2y ago
      I replied to a comment recommending Twitter be a subsidiary of X.
sebazzz 2y ago
He jumps consistently in an X shape every time he makes a public speech though. He is pretty… important about the X.
insane_dreamer 2y ago
It’s because X was supposed to become a one app to rule them all like WeChat in China, and that obviously never happened (maybe because he fired everyone?), instead X is just Elon’s personal Twitter.
- type0 2y ago
  It's sad but it might eventually. I would imagine to the end of Trump cadence we'll be paying with x-coin in supermarkets, both he and Elon will be making tons of money. Trumps and Elons x-coin will have tariffs built in to it and you won't be paying taxes if you use it /s