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[–] [email protected] 256 points 1 month ago (17 children)

Such a business genius to just completely trash well known name branding that most companies would kill to have. Twitter was a household name, the bird instantly recognizable with the brand, and "tweet" and "retweet" as common words.

Such a brilliant display of Vision™ by Musk.

[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 month ago (1 children)

not only that, heaps of cultures associate birds with rumours and news (a little bird told me that ...). I was genius marketing and top tier branding

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

And here we are, more than a year later, and any time anyone actually calls it by its new name, it’s always followed by (previously Twitter). Hilarious. Because the new name is fucking nonsense

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