Elon Musk Twitter Trainwreck Mega-Thread

[Leo Gura]

It does take a certain kinda balls to kneecap your own race horse.

Edited July 25, 2023 by Leo Gura

[Hardkill]

19 minutes ago, Osaid said:

legit thought i opened a porn site by accident when i typed twitter into the search bar and saw a black logo with an x pop up, very cool update from elon

 

16 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

It does take a certain kinda balls to kneecap your own race horse.

All he would need to do now to put Twitter out of business is to put two more Xs next to the first X.

 

 

[Extreme Z7]

How about a compromise on that new Twitter logo?

[Osaid]

13 minutes ago, Extreme Z7 said:

How about a compromise on that new Twitter logo?

much better

[BlurryBoi]

So basically he didnt bought twitter for "twitter", he bought the mega user-base of twitter in order to slowly convert them for his new X concept/app long term (sacrificing "twitter" in the process lol)

Bold move

Edited July 25, 2023 by BlurryBoi

[CARDOZZO]

Wechat at its finest.

[something_else]

The logo looks so dumb. This popup shows up when you try to view twitter without an account, so you would want this page to look as professional as possible. The logo looks like it was designed and added by a first year intern. It's so blurry! The padding is also awful and the text below it is uncentered!

It might sound picky but it just looks so unprofessional. I feel like musk has lost a lot of his skilled developers.

[Danioover9000]

@Extreme Z7

9 hours ago, Extreme Z7 said:

How about a compromise on that new Twitter logo?

LMAO!?

[Danioover9000]

@lostingenosmaze

11 hours ago, lostingenosmaze said:

Absolute madlad

   Elon Musk wants to create the new digital X-MEN.

[Hatfort]

He is the superior Illuminati, and we can not comprehend his mind.

That or he is stupid as fuck. He is so deep in his debt hole of bad decision-making since he purchased Twitter that he can't think straight. Brand names have value, Twitter's name was still quite valuable because it's known and used all over the world. X is not a good name, he tried that in PayPal too, and his business partners kicked him out for almost destroying the company's chances with his awful instincts. He got a good out deal, as PayPal succeeded so much and was sold to eBay for millions.

Also, he says he wants to control with X, let's say a number, half of the world's online banking. He is humble, just half. Let's all invest in the visionary again. That's how he has operated for the last 20 years. I think he is closer to a con man than to a businessman.

So he wants to eat all the currently working online banking competitors without a huge debt like him how? For example, by giving money to his selected blue-checked dickrider rightwing goons on Twitter. Sorry, X. Okay, Elon. This is fun as fuck. Continue, please.

Edited July 25, 2023 by Hatfort

[Leo Gura]

What kind of fool wants to give Elon control of their entire internet experience, including banking?

Lol

[Socrates]

@Leo Gura The same kind of idiot that would call Trump a "successful businessman" competent enough to lead America.

People love appearances, the substance is irrelevant, if it looks big and shiny it has to be valuable!!!

[Leo Gura]

If Musk actually goes through with this re-brand it will cost him half his userbase.

[Bobby_2021]

"Twitter was acquired by X Corp both to ensure freedom of speech and as an accelerant for X, the everything app. This is not simply a company renaming itself, but doing the same thing.

The Twitter name made sense when it was just 140 character messages going back and forth – like birds tweeting – but now you can post almost anything, including several hours of video. 

In the months to come, we will add comprehensive communications and the ability to conduct your entire financial world. The Twitter name does not make sense in that context, so we must bid adieu to the bird."

Kinda makes sense.  

[LSD-Rumi]

11 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

If Musk actually goes through with this re-brand it will cost him half his userbase.

Does rebradning have this massive effect?

[something_else]

5 hours ago, Bobby_2021 said:

X, the everything app

This is such a silly vision IMO. In fact, it's so vague that it's barely even a vision. It's like a high 15 year old came up with it. "Listen bro, I want to make an app that does everything, it will be awesome bro trust me"

I think it will end up being some weird "jack of all trades, master of none" kind of thing. And when it comes to online services people tend to like a specific service with a strong brand that does one thing well, instead of a service that does lots of things poorly.

[Leo Gura]

The thing is, no one wants his everything app.

If people want to watch video, they go to YT, not Twitter. Using Twitter as a video platform is foolish.

It would like if Nike changed their brand to selling groceries and toilet paper.

Edited July 26, 2023 by Leo Gura

[LSD-Rumi]

1 minute ago, Leo Gura said:

If people want to watch video, they go to YT, not Twitter. Using Twitter as a video platform is foolish.

Yeah, what a stupid decision. hours long videos will consume lots of storage on Twitter servers. 

[Leo Gura]

Musk is too cheap to even hire the staff that would be necessary to add all these extra features.

Maybe if he was going to invest an extra $20 billion into this project it might work. But he isn't even paying his rent.

Edited July 26, 2023 by Leo Gura

[Hatfort]

I don't think he can make this everything app work. He wants the financial banking part because it's a very lucrative business, with millions of people paying small fees for millions of transactions. There are already others working on it. One is still PayPal, I still use it, but there are others. There's no way I would trust my savings or earnings to X, Elon Musk, or any other everything app either. For financial matters, it feels more secure an app that does this one thing right, and that's okay.

The thing is, he is also killing Twitter in the attempt. Twitter was huge, only a fool would underestimate what it already was. It could have worked financially too, with some time and good management.