Twitter tried to goad businesses into buying more ads so they can stay verified
Twitter tried to goad businesses into buying more ads so they can stay verified
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.
135 6 Replyarguably 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.
74 1 ReplyHow can a Twitter be an X? it was born a biological bird, not a letter
55 1 ReplyNot 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.
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What’s Twitter?
5 0 ReplyCrappy version of Mastodon.
20 0 ReplyIt 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.
13 0 ReplyIt 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.
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given how many ‘Twitter alternative’ services like Threads and Bluesky are cropping up
I wish they would mention Mastodon lol
38 0 ReplyMastodon isn't likely to buy advertising space on the verge.
43 0 ReplyDingdingding
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Dude is setting $40b on fire right in front of our eyes.
28 0 ReplyHe set most of it on fire the moment he purchased it, since it wasn't even really worth that.
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Ruining a global social media platform, the speedrun
18 0 ReplyReminds me of a quote from Suits, something along the lines of "I'm not blackmailing you, I'm extorting you."
13 0 Reply"Goad"? Shit's straight up extortion.
9 0 ReplyTwitter is a bully.
8 0 Reply"Give us $6000 or we'll let counterfeiters impersonate you."
Sincerely, X
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