Elon f*cks Twitter

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Very first thing I thought of when I saw Musk's logo was the logo for X server. He's not one for originality, is he.

Just for informational purposes for those who don't know about the X-windows server and what it's logo looks like:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Very first thing I thought of when I saw Musk's logo was the logo for X server. He's not one for originality, is he.

You know who else Xed themselves out of society? Charles Manson and his followers.

"X" is such a novel aesthetic concept! It took a Genius like Musk to think of it!

On a more serious note, I think this is a story I've seen at my company on a much smaller scale a few times... some manager looks good with the help of a good team under them. Then they get promoted a few times and get way too big for their britches and expose themselves to be the dunce that they are. I think this is also kind of what happened with George Lucas. For the original trilogy, the actors rebelled against his shitty lines and most of the really iconic stuff was someone else's idea. Then for the Prequals, nobody would question the great George Lucas so it was garbage. That's what we are seeing with Musk, he sounded so much smarter hiding behind his marketing team!

 

[Noodles]

"X" is such a novel aesthetic concept! It took a Genius like Musk to think of it!

It seems like over the years he has tried different angles on "X as the center of digital life" and I am just waiting for him to roll out the slogan "X marks the spot" like he has been hanging on to that one for 20+ years like its the cleverest idea he ever had but he has to get X off the ground first.

 

[Free]

 

[Free]

What, we're supposed to just guess the porn ones???

 

[Free]

Elon Musk takes over ‘valuable’ @x Twitter username – without paying

The social network replaced the bird icon with the letter X as part of its rebranding exercise

www.telegraph.co.uk

Gene X Hwang, a photographer in San Francisco, was behind the social network’s “@x” handle until Tuesday night when it was changed to the official account for X, Mr Musk’s new name for Twitter.

Mr Hwang had said he had been willing to entertain a sale of the @x account, which was registered in 2007, but that he simply received an email on Tuesday saying that it was being taken over by the company.

He told The Telegraph: “They just took it essentially – kinda what I thought might happen.”

No compensation...except of course for a new handle:

Mr Hwang, tweeting from his new handle “@x12345678998765” on Wednesday morning, wrote: “All’s well that ends well.”

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The value of X – making sense of a re-branding, from a lawyer’s perspective

26th July 2023 * Much – most – of the commentary about what Elon Musk is doing with the social media platform previously known as Twitter focuses on his personal role and decision-makin…

davidallengreen.com

The blue bird logo is back today, at least on my Twitter feed.

 

[Khamon]

can has laughs

 

[Noodles]

can has laughs

At work we have this project using Sharepoint, and a coworker was explaining some of the code, and he mentioned that he had coded a call to another Sharepoint group's list a certain way because "Sometimes they change the name and its easier to fix this way."

Of course, this is an internal set up that serves a few hundred people, not a 44 billion dollar social media platform, so I am sure our once instance is nothing compares to the few hundred instances in Twitter's code, sitting quietly, like time bombs.

 

[Free]

can has laughs

sed -i 's/twitter/x/g'

 

[WolfEyes]

can has laughs

*gigglesnorts*

 

[Clara D.]

It seems like over the years he has tried different angles on "X as the center of digital life" and I am just waiting for him to roll out the slogan "X marks the spot" like he has been hanging on to that one for 20+ years like its the cleverest idea he ever had but he has to get X off the ground first.

We all know that X is for pron.

Which is what I was using the platform formerly known as Twitter for anyways, so in my case it balances out.

 

[Khamon]

sed -i 's/twitter/x/g'

can has programmers though/

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

s/cialis/taladafil/

It takes a spetaladafilt to get the regular expression just right.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

X.com is blocked in Indonesia right now, a state which mostly consists of muslims. Why? Because X stands there for pornography, that's why. At the moment both sides are talking to each other to lift the block.

Indonesia has around 270 million people, of which supposedly 24 million are using Twitter. Lucky for them twitter.com is still there!

Indonesia blocks Musk’s X.com under curbs on porn, gambling

Ministry of Communication and Informatics says it is in contact with social media company about purpose of the domain.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[Free]

Options? Fuck that...

Elon Musk capitulates: Twitter will default to dark mode but still offer a light option

People are already begging Musk to keep light mode around.

www.theverge.com

Just when you think Elon Musk can’t get any more divisive, he’s weighed in on the light mode versus dark mode debate — and Twitter, currently undergoing a rebranding to X, is apparently going all in on the latter. Early this morning, Musk posted that “this platform will soon only have ‘dark mode’. It is better in every way.”

 

[WolfEyes]

Man. When rich idiots run a business into the ground, they really run it into the ground!

 

[Isabeau]

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Twiiter HAD a zero tolerance policy towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation,” which the platform considers one of the “most serious violations” of its policy. But hey, if you're a nutjob right-winger, all is fine.

Edit to Add: Apparently the video is the one that landed Josh Duggar in prison as it was on his hard drive. It is apparently straight up child pornography that was posted, in reference to an Australian man who received 129 years for sexually abusing children as young as 18 months old.

On a side note, I am still permanently suspended after some cretin got into my account and posted three spam links.

Twitter Suspends, Then Unsuspends, Popular Right-Wing User Who Tweeted Image Of Child Sexual Abuse

The suspension drew allegations of censorship from right-wing users, while his reinstatement angered the left.

www.forbes.com

Upon returning to Twitter, Lucre thanked his supporters (and bizarrely tweeted “Obama struck me down but only made us stronger”)...

Dom Lucre is the internet personality of Dominick McGee, according to a New York Times feature which profiled him as one of several right-wing social media users who became famous for sharing 2020 election denial posts. Lucre is known for his active Twitter presence, where he frequently posts misinformation. In June, when Madonna suffered a bacterial infection, he suggested vaccines were the reason she was hospitalized, and he previously claimed “following the science oftentimes leads to a graveyard.”

In June, he tweeted: “Adrenochrome is real and I can prove it,” referencing a conspiracy theory embraced by QAnon that promotes the idea the wealthy, Hollywood elite and Democrats harvest the blood of children for a chemical called adrenochrome that they ingest to stay young. The theory has been debunked by members of the scientific community who note the chemical does not have rejuvenating properties. Lucre also still posts claims that the 2020 election was stolen, alleging former President Donald Trump was the rightful winner.

 

[Free]

Options? Fuck that...

Elon Musk capitulates: Twitter will default to dark mode but still offer a light option

People are already begging Musk to keep light mode around.

www.theverge.com

Oh, phew...

Elon Musk capitulates: Twitter will default to dark mode but still offer a light option

People are already begging Musk to keep light mode around.

www.theverge.com