https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/26/23808331/twitter-x-ads-advertising-incentives-verification-brands
Hard to not see this as a threat, right?
Twitter: The company owned by a transphobe, that changed it's outside image and wants people to call it by a different name.
arguably the worse rebranding ever. the only thing that has changed is the logo and Elon saying "were not Twitter we're now X". Twitter branding is still all over twitter.com, it still called tweets, retweets. Hell, the terms of service are even using both twitter and X Corp.
Not to mention it's still on twitter.com, and changing it to another domain is a borderline impossible amount of work to do for any social media site that size.
I'm waiting for Elon to get rid of the twitter.com domain and forgetting to renew it, and someone swooping in and getting it. Because that's something that would totally happen with his track record.
There's a 30 day grace period on renewals before someone else can pick them up. I doubt even Elon is that dumb.
It happened to google.com before, so I definitely wouldn't put it past Elon or the skeleton crew keeping Twitter alive.
Adding to my TODO list. Thanks for the great idea! I may own Twitter soon, which means I'll be filthy rich. Noice!
Redirecting twitter.com to another domain is not an impossible amount of work. What takes time is changing every references to the old domain name.
It used to be this social media site where you could write these notes that were short enough for blue birds to carry around to everyone.
It used to be this place where people would post funny stories or how to make crack in a microwave. Now it’s all politics and sexuality talk.
given how many ‘Twitter alternative’ services like Threads and Bluesky are cropping up
I wish they would mention Mastodon lol
He set most of it on fire the moment he purchased it, since it wasn't even really worth that.
Reminds me of a quote from Suits, something along the lines of "I'm not blackmailing you, I'm extorting you."