Current Events > So ultimately... why was Twitter rebranded as X?

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The_Popo 05/17/24 3:49:12 PM #1:	Is the answer just Reasons? --- Live action Hungry Hungry Hippos though, now that was a sport. ~Aeon Azuran <cite>The_Popo posted [p:980439132] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Is the answer just Reasons? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HighSeraph 05/17/24 3:49:28 PM #2:	Cause Elon is a child --- She/Her She rings like a bell through the night <cite>HighSeraph posted [p:980439134] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Cause Elon is a child </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TMOG 05/17/24 3:49:36 PM #3:	Because Elon is a complete dumbass <cite>TMOG posted [p:980439137] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Because Elon is a complete dumbass</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rial_Kai 05/17/24 3:52:27 PM #4:	They are correct. Elon is a dumbass child. He loves the letter X because he thinks it is cool. He never grew out of his "X is badass" phase. He's incredibly immature. --- General Rule: Trolls, abusers, complainers, haters, etc? I'm probably gonna block ya. I'm just trying to spread some joy. Take your negativity to another topic. <cite>Rial_Kai posted [p:980439174] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>They are correct. Elon is a dumbass child. He loves the letter X because he thinks it is cool. He never grew out of his "X is badass" phase. He's incredibly immature. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giant_Aspirin 05/17/24 3:56:17 PM #5:	because https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b9159d1a.jpg --- I hope something good happens to you today Playing: God of War: Ragnarok <cite>Giant_Aspirin posted [p:980439220] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>becausehttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b9159d1a.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mystereave 05/17/24 3:57:02 PM #6:	Didn't he want to change Paypal to X as well during the short time he was on their board? <cite>Mystereave posted [p:980439230] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Didn't he want to change Paypal to X as well during the short time he was on their board?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CRON 05/17/24 3:57:34 PM #7:	For reasons that are not nice to bring up in today's current climate, Elon Musk has a bizarre fixation with the letter X and has used it a number of times in the past. --- Thanks for reading! <cite>CRON posted [p:980439236] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>For reasons that are not nice to bring up in today's current climate, Elon Musk has a bizarre fixation with the letter X and has used it a number of times in the past. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sayoria 05/17/24 3:57:42 PM #8:	Because it's so cool! ....Said the edgy teenage wannabe from South Africa. --- Japanese Crack: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5pzggr <cite>Sayoria posted [p:980439239] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Because it's so cool!....Said the edgy teenage wannabe from South Africa. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam 05/17/24 3:58:03 PM #9:	Elon has a weird obsession with the letter --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs <cite>Turbam posted [p:980439246] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Elon has a weird obsession with the letter </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hexenherz 05/17/24 4:00:31 PM #10:	Maybe he'll rebrand SpaceX to S and Tesla to Y and PayPal to E because middle school humor --- RS3: UltimaSuende - CE Thread Zone https://letterboxd.com/BMovieBro/ <cite>Hexenherz posted [p:980439283] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Maybe he'll rebrand SpaceX to S and Tesla to Y and PayPal to E because middle school humor </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Samurai_Man 05/17/24 4:00:51 PM #11:	Sayoria posted... Because it's so cool! ....Said the edgy teenage wannabe with a family emerald mine from South Africa. Fixed that lol, can't let anyone forget he didn't come from humble beginnings! --- i7-13700K, GIGABYTE Z790, EVGA XC3 3070, 64GB G-SKILL DDR5, LG 32" 165hz 1440p Android/iPhone/Mac/PS5/Series X/Switch, Oculus Rift S, Quest 2 <cite>Samurai_Man posted [p:980439287] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Sayoria posted... </cite><quote>Because it's so cool!....Said the edgy teenage wannabe with a family emerald mine from South Africa.</quote>Fixed that lol, can't let anyone forget he didn't come from humble beginnings! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SpawnShadow 05/17/24 4:02:16 PM #12:	Mystereave posted... Didn't he want to change Paypal to X as well during the short time he was on their board? It was "X" before it was PayPal. The Muskrat's original x.com had merged with Confinity (which had a payment system called "PayPal"), and then Peter Thiel (in a rare W for him) kicked him off the merged company's board and changed the website/company's name from Muskrat's stupid obsession to that of the existing payment system. <cite>SpawnShadow posted [p:980439299] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Mystereave posted... </cite><quote>Didn't he want to change Paypal to X as well during the short time he was on their board?</quote>It was "X" before it was PayPal. The Muskrat's original x.com had merged with Confinity (which had a payment system called "PayPal"), and then Peter Thiel (in a rare W for him) kicked him off the merged company's board and changed the website/company's name from Muskrat's stupid obsession to that of the existing payment system.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 05/17/24 4:02:37 PM #13:	Elon has a fetish for the letter X. --- "Be good to yourself, because everyone else in the world is probably out to get you." - Dr. Harleen Quinzel <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:980439307] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Elon has a fetish for the letter X. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Seaman_Prime 05/17/24 4:03:22 PM #14:	So Elon can say he made X because clearly he didnt make Twitter. <cite>Seaman_Prime posted [p:980439317] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>So Elon can say he made X because clearly he didnt make Twitter. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giant_Aspirin 05/17/24 4:03:29 PM #15:	Samurai_Man posted... Fixed that lol, can't let anyone forget he didn't come from humble beginnings! my dad's girlfriend is a Fox Newsie and Elon came up the last time we were together. i made a comment about how he's not a brilliant inventor at all, none of the companies he owns were his ideas (he just bought them), and that he came from a rich family. she strongly insisted that i was wrong and that Elon got "no help whatsoever from his family in starting his businesses". so then I googled "did Elon Musk come from a rich family" and most of the articles i saw were defending him, claiming that his family wasn't all that rich and they only had a 'small stake' in the mining business or some nonsense. these articles also claim he 'never inherited anything, ever'. the propaganda network of the rich is scary effective. --- I hope something good happens to you today Playing: God of War: Ragnarok <cite>Giant_Aspirin posted [p:980439319] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Samurai_Man posted... </cite><quote>Fixed that lol, can't let anyone forget he didn't come from humble beginnings!</quote>my dad's girlfriend is a Fox Newsie and Elon came up the last time we were together. i made a comment about how he's not a brilliant inventor at all, none of the companies he owns were his ideas (he just bought them), and that he came from a rich family. she strongly insisted that i was wrong and that Elon got "no help whatsoever from his family in starting his businesses". so then I googled "did Elon Musk come from a rich family" and most of the articles i saw were defending him, claiming that his family wasn't all that rich and they only had a 'small stake' in the mining business or some nonsense. these articles also claim he 'never inherited anything, ever'.the propaganda network of the rich is scary effective. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sheiky-Baby 05/17/24 4:03:55 PM #16:	I'm assuming Musk is a huge X-Men fan? --- "Make pain your best friend, and you'll never be alone." <cite>Sheiky-Baby posted [p:980439325] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>I'm assuming Musk is a huge X-Men fan? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnsteadyOwl 05/17/24 4:04:40 PM #17:	Mystereave posted... Didn't he want to change Paypal to X as well during the short time he was on their board? I think so. The online payment service he co-founded in the 90s was called x.com but that name was dropped when it merged with the company that would become PayPal. Apparently even at the time there were people telling him X is a bad name but he loves it for some reason. --- "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." <cite>UnsteadyOwl posted [p:980439334] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Mystereave posted... </cite><quote>Didn't he want to change Paypal to X as well during the short time he was on their board?</quote>I think so. The online payment service he co-founded in the 90s was called x.com but that name was dropped when it merged with the company that would become PayPal. Apparently even at the time there were people telling him X is a bad name but he loves it for some reason. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kradek 05/17/24 4:06:25 PM #18:	Musk is the kind of person who makes even teenage edgelords cringe. --- My metal band, Ivory King, has 2 songs out now - allmylinks.com/ivorykingtx (all of our links there so you can choose which one you'd prefer to use) <cite>Kradek posted [p:980439347] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Musk is the kind of person who makes even teenage edgelords cringe. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Board_hunter567 05/17/24 4:09:19 PM #19:	Elon has longed wanted an "everything" platform named X. He thought he'd be able to buy Twitter to get a jumpstart on users and add in new functionality and features real quick and easy. --- http://i.imgur.com/szMsu.png Validate your purchases and discredit the purchases of others whenever possible. Numbers objectively define quality and enjoyment. <cite>Board_hunter567 posted [p:980439379] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Elon has longed wanted an "everything" platform named X. He thought he'd be able to buy Twitter to get a jumpstart on users and add in new functionality and features real quick and easy. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SpawnShadow 05/17/24 4:09:26 PM #20:	Sheiky-Baby posted... I'm assuming Musk is a huge X-Men fan? If he is, then he clearly missed the point of the entire franchise starting with at least Claremont's original run. <cite>SpawnShadow posted [p:980439380] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Sheiky-Baby posted... </cite><quote>I'm assuming Musk is a huge X-Men fan?</quote>If he is, then he clearly missed the point of the entire franchise starting with at least Claremont's original run.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
K181 05/17/24 4:09:41 PM #21:	Elon's a manchild with a weird fascination with that letter. --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less. <cite>K181 posted [p:980439385] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Elon's a manchild with a weird fascination with that letter. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Diceheist 05/17/24 4:10:41 PM #22:	Elon Musk is still bitter about being fired from leadership of the previous x.com (an online banking service, that ended up merged into PayPal) back in the year 2000, when its board of directors opted to move forward with Peter Thiel as CEO instead. After becoming richer and more powerful he bought the x.com domain back from PayPal in 2017, and revived it years later by rebranding Twitter into it. This was the site that for decades Elon was broken up about losing: https://web.archive.org/web/20000408232656/http://www.x.com/ --- ~ DH ~ <cite>Diceheist posted [p:980439400] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Elon Musk is still bitter about being fired from leadership of the previous x.com (an online banking service, that ended up merged into PayPal) back in the year 2000, when its board of directors opted to move forward with Peter Thiel as CEO instead.After becoming richer and more powerful he bought the x.com domain back from PayPal in 2017, and revived it years later by rebranding Twitter into it.This was the site that for decades Elon was broken up about losing: https://web.archive.org/web/20000408232656/http://www.x.com/ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrMolinaro 05/17/24 4:14:48 PM #23:	Tricking people into clicking the main page button when they try to close their tabs. Also, Elon is a 12 year old edge lord. <cite>MrMolinaro posted [p:980439457] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Tricking people into clicking the main page button when they try to close their tabs. Also, Elon is a 12 year old edge lord.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkDaLunatic 05/17/24 4:18:40 PM #24:	xXx_E10N_MU5k3T_xXx (No Elon, this isn't an idea for your next kid's name) --- There's a time and place for everything... but not now. <cite>LinkDaLunatic posted [p:980439493] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>xXx_E10N_MU5k3T_xXx(No Elon, this isn't an idea for your next kid's name) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Axiom 05/17/24 4:20:41 PM #25:	Diceheist posted... Elon Musk is still bitter about being fired from leadership of the previous x.com (an online banking service, that ended up merged into PayPal) back in the year 2000, when its board of directors opted to move forward with Peter Thiel as CEO instead. After becoming richer and more powerful he bought the x.com domain back from PayPal in 2017, and revived it years later by rebranding Twitter into it. This was the site that for decades Elon was broken up about losing: https://web.archive.org/web/20000408232656/http://www.x.com/ Lmao thats great. Imagine having this much ego <cite>Axiom posted [p:980439520] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Diceheist posted... </cite><quote>Elon Musk is still bitter about being fired from leadership of the previous x.com (an online banking service, that ended up merged into PayPal) back in the year 2000, when its board of directors opted to move forward with Peter Thiel as CEO instead.After becoming richer and more powerful he bought the x.com domain back from PayPal in 2017, and revived it years later by rebranding Twitter into it.This was the site that for decades Elon was broken up about losing: https://web.archive.org/web/20000408232656/http://www.x.com/</quote>Lmao thats great. Imagine having this much ego</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PeteyParker 05/17/24 4:21:49 PM #26:	Elon has a small pee pee and he's an edgelord who needs adoration but it's too much work to get that by actually being a good person so he appeals to the scum of society instead because it's much easier to get those people to like you. --- "How can.. the Prime minister.. support a law.. that makes it illegal for people.. who....What I'm trying to say is.. Oasis rules!" <cite>PeteyParker posted [p:980439532] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Elon has a small pee pee and he's an edgelord who needs adoration but it's too much work to get that by actually being a good person so he appeals to the scum of society instead because it's much easier to get those people to like you. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ClayGuida 05/17/24 4:21:55 PM #27:	The only people that call it X are news orgs. Nobody else calls it that. It's Twitter then, now, forever. --- lolAmerica <cite>ClayGuida posted [p:980439534] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>The only people that call it X are news orgs. Nobody else calls it that. It's Twitter then, now, forever. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SammyLiimex 05/17/24 4:22:21 PM #28:	Rial_Kai posted... They are correct. Elon is a dumbass child. He loves the letter X because he thinks it is cool. He never grew out of his "X is badass" phase. He's incredibly immature. <cite>SammyLiimex posted [p:980439543] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Rial_Kai posted... </cite><quote>They are correct. Elon is a dumbass child. He loves the letter X because he thinks it is cool. He never grew out of his "X is badass" phase. He's incredibly immature.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raiden2909 05/17/24 4:23:49 PM #29:	Because Elon is a man child who never grew out of his teenage edgy phase and think's the letter X is the greatest letter Or he was Norted <cite>Raiden2909 posted [p:980439568] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Because Elon is a man child who never grew out of his teenage edgy phase and think's the letter X is the greatest letter Or he was Norted </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MI4_REAL 05/17/24 4:24:47 PM #30:	Space X. Also, back then, xXx-XxX (or vice versa) was a meme back then. --- "Er...well, y'know. You can't make an omelette without um...destroying a forest.....or something" -Black Mage <cite>MI4_REAL posted [p:980439587] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Space X.Also, back then, xXx-XxX (or vice versa) was a meme back then. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PissedOffMonk 05/17/24 4:25:32 PM #31:	Turbam posted... Elon has a weird obsession with the letter I heard he will only play Tic Tac Toe if he gets to be X. No xceptions. <cite>PissedOffMonk posted [p:980439596] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Turbam posted... </cite><quote>Elon has a weird obsession with the letter</quote>I heard he will only play Tic Tac Toe if he gets to be X. No xceptions.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 05/17/24 4:25:43 PM #32:	Because Elon Musk is an actual knuckle-dragging idiot. --- He/Him http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:980439600] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Because Elon Musk is an actual knuckle-dragging idiot. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthAragorn 05/17/24 4:26:17 PM #33:	I don't know if Elon plays video games but if he does he probably still uses xXx on both sides of whatever dumb username he picked --- Asus ROG Strix Z790-E \| Core i9-13900k \| 64GB DDR5-6000 \| RTX 4090 24GB Dell AW3423DW QD-OLED - 1440p Ultrawide, 175hz, GSync <cite>DarthAragorn posted [p:980439613] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>I don't know if Elon plays video games but if he does he probably still uses xXx on both sides of whatever dumb username he picked </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
boomgetchopped3 05/17/24 4:34:09 PM #34:	I hate him --- More to do with the humidity than heat <cite>boomgetchopped3 posted [p:980439702] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>I hate him </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MI4_REAL 05/17/24 4:35:16 PM #35:	I literally asked this back then in 2017 at Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX is not a sister project to NASA --- "Er...well, y'know. You can't make an omelette without um...destroying a forest.....or something" -Black Mage <cite>MI4_REAL posted [p:980439720] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>I literally asked this back then in 2017 at Kennedy Space Center.SpaceX is not a sister project to NASA </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Robot2600 05/17/24 4:35:30 PM #36:	DarthAragorn posted... I don't know if Elon plays video games but if he does he probably still uses xXx on both sides of whatever dumb username he picked you never played against xXx_X_xXx? that's him --- April 15, 2024: The Day the Internet Died <cite>Robot2600 posted [p:980439727] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>DarthAragorn posted... </cite><quote>I don't know if Elon plays video games but if he does he probably still uses xXx on both sides of whatever dumb username he picked</quote>you never played against xXx_X_xXx? that's him </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkDaLunatic 05/17/24 5:39:20 PM #37:	Elon making an account... Elon: X Error: Username must be at least five characters. Elon: XXXXX Error: Username must contain at least one upper and one lowercase letter, one number, and one special character. Elon: ... Elon: xX10 --- There's a time and place for everything... but not now. <cite>LinkDaLunatic posted [p:980440598] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Elon making an account...Elon: XError: Username must be at least five characters.Elon: XXXXXError: Username must contain at least one upper and one lowercase letter, one number, and one special character.Elon: ...Elon: xX10 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BakonBitz 05/17/24 5:43:53 PM #38:	Because it was literally his dream to own a domain/company named "X." That's the only reason. --- Game collection: http://www.backloggery.com/bakonbitz Gaming channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwVQm69J7bGScbv3_50C0dA <cite>BakonBitz posted [p:980440672] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Because it was literally his dream to own a domain/company named "X." That's the only reason. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Popo 05/17/24 5:47:13 PM #39:	Diceheist posted... Elon Musk is still bitter about being fired from leadership of the previous x.com (an online banking service, that ended up merged into PayPal) back in the year 2000, when its board of directors opted to move forward with Peter Thiel as CEO instead. After becoming richer and more powerful he bought the x.com domain back from PayPal in 2017, and revived it years later by rebranding Twitter into it. This was the site that for decades Elon was broken up about losing: https://web.archive.org/web/20000408232656/http://www.x.com/ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/81e6ac98.jpg --- Live action Hungry Hungry Hippos though, now that was a sport. ~Aeon Azuran <cite>The_Popo posted [p:980440711] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Diceheist posted... </cite><quote>Elon Musk is still bitter about being fired from leadership of the previous x.com (an online banking service, that ended up merged into PayPal) back in the year 2000, when its board of directors opted to move forward with Peter Thiel as CEO instead.After becoming richer and more powerful he bought the x.com domain back from PayPal in 2017, and revived it years later by rebranding Twitter into it.This was the site that for decades Elon was broken up about losing: https://web.archive.org/web/20000408232656/http://www.x.com/</quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/81e6ac98.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mybbqrules 05/17/24 8:47:02 PM #40:	Because Elon is essentially a 13 year old internet edgelord who thinks shit with "X" in it is edgy and cool. See also: "SpaceX". I bet he was one of those "Xx420Alphagamer69xX" gamer tags on Xbox live. --- Currently playing: Jurassic Word Evo 2, Fortnite STW, WoW, Punch-Out, Super Punch-Out Convicted criminal Donald Trump: Inmate No. P01135809 <cite>mybbqrules posted [p:980443089] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>Because Elon is essentially a 13 year old internet edgelord who thinks shit with "X" in it is edgy and cool. See also: "SpaceX".I bet he was one of those "Xx420Alphagamer69xX" gamer tags on Xbox live. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dameon_reaper 05/17/24 8:48:31 PM #41:	he's got that edgelord thing going on. Look at his children and their names. <cite>dameon_reaper posted [p:980443113] in So ultimat... [t:80771216]...</cite> <quote>he's got that edgelord thing going on. Look at his children and their names.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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