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Elon Musk, 52, didn’t summation immoderate caller fans erstwhile helium officially changed Twitter’s iconic bluish vertebrate logo to an “X” connected Monday, July 24, successful his latest determination to rebrand the societal media platform. Elon archetypal unveiled the caller logo by sharing a photo of an X projected onto Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. “Soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter marque and, gradually, each the birds,” Elon tweeted.
But the large logo alteration to Twitter didn’t spell implicit good with astir users, who shared their ain tweets (or “X’s, arsenic Elon wants them to beryllium called now) to mock the billionaire’s “ridiculous” concern decision. See immoderate of the champion tweets below!
The missive X volition beryllium holding a property league aboriginal today. #TwitterX pic.twitter.com/qXKNYLTqLe
— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) July 24, 2023
Welcome to X#TwitterX pic.twitter.com/OubNoC9MHe
— David Leavitt 🎲🎮🧙♂️🌈 (@David_Leavitt) July 24, 2023
Elon Musk ne'er fails astatine making changes NOBODY wants ‼️ #RIPTwitter #TwitterX pic.twitter.com/xd1uJqccfs
— Redd (@ReddCinema) July 24, 2023
When the #TwitterX rebranding is implicit and we've each go X-Men 😢 pic.twitter.com/7gxbYIqpzF
— Fandom (@getFANDOM) July 24, 2023
Get that outta present #TwitterX pic.twitter.com/rd8uKIOkVW
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) July 24, 2023
Elon bought Twitter for $44 cardinal successful April and soon aft helium changed the sanction of the institution from Twitter Inc. to X Corp. Since then, he’s made much large alterations to the platform, similar limiting regular nonstop messages and regular speechmaking posts for unverified users, that hasn’t sat good with astir people. In presumption of the caller logo change, Elon told his followers that changing it to “X” was to “embody the imperfections successful america each that marque america unique.”
Elon Musk (Photo: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino seems to beryllium 1 of the fewer radical who is excited astir the “X” logo. “X is the aboriginal authorities of unlimited interactivity — centered successful audio, video, messaging, payments/banking — creating a planetary marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities,” Linda wrote successful a tweet aft the caller logo was launched. “Powered by AI, X volition link america each successful ways we’re conscionable opening to imagine. For years, fans and critics alike person pushed Twitter to imagination bigger, to innovate faster, and to fulfill our large potential. X volition bash that and more.”
Elon’s interaction resulted successful Meta (which owns Instagram) launching their ain Twitter competitor, called Threads, connected July 5. Elon accused the caller platform of being a “copycat” aft it launched with millions of users. When Elon caught upwind astir the level successful June, he challenged Meta proprietor Mark Zuckerberg to a combat connected Twitter. “I’m definite Earth can’t hold to beryllium exclusively nether Zuck’s thumb with nary different options,” Elon tweeted, sarcastically, connected June 20. “At slightest it volition beryllium ‘sane.’ Was disquieted determination for a moment,” helium added. Mark didn’t backmost down and posted a screenshot of Elon’s tweet to his Instagram Story and wrote, “Send maine location.” Elon past projected that the combat should spell down astatine “Vegas Octagon.”
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