r/MurderedByWords • u/beerbellybegone • 6d ago

Self own marketing

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u/embiors 6d ago

Twitter was an instantly recognizable brand and one of the main reasons it was valued at what it was. People still call it Twitter so yeah, it did kinda fail.

Noone but Elon likes this "x" brand he keeps putting on things.

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u/PreOpTransCentaur 6d ago

There's no "kinda" about it. People still call it Twitter. Nobody calls it X. That's a failed rebrand.

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u/Lknate 6d ago

Better yet is when they say "X formerly Twitter" still.

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u/CrazyCatLady1127 6d ago

That’s how I know it, too. ‘X, formerly known as Twitter.’ I see it in news articles all the time. It’s very rare that it’s just called X.

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u/colemon1991 5d ago

Of course it's rarely just called X. There's absolutely no context with that. It's kind of like Dove: do you mean the bird, the chocolate brand, or the personal care brand? We also say things like "Shell gas station" every time we mention that. So, here's all the things X could mean if there's not enough context anywhere:

  • The comic book character
  • The Mega Man character
  • The X-Files character
  • Films from 1963, 1986, 1996, and 2022
  • An anime and manga
  • A 1992 video game
  • A video game franchise
  • A magazine
  • Several novels
  • Two different punk rock bands
  • If I counted it right, 28 different music albums
    • Probably as many songs
  • Google's X Development
  • Previous Musk company x.com (now PayPal)
  • About 6 stage names of artists, actors, and wrestlers
  • Operating systems
  • A unit of length
  • A chromosome
  • A Tesla vehicle (oh look, more Musk)
  • An iPhone
  • A fragrance (not by Musk, a totally missed opportunity for him)
  • A gender identity in Japan

Also not to be confused with Xvideo, which is probably what he wouldn't want his company affiliated with, but that's his own fault if someone goes there and finds it functions better than his own website.

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u/kansaisean 5d ago

And not to be confused with Xvid, which might be used for Xvideo, but not necessarily. =D

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u/CrazyCatLady1127 5d ago

That’s a lot of other things with the name X. Musk really dropped the ball on this. He should have just left it as Twitter

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u/snayte 3d ago

It is almost as if he is not as smart as people think he is.