Elon Musk is at it again: Twitter becomes "X". But it hasn't been popular, and streamer MoistCr1TiKaL is speaking out, calling the brand change "unfathomably dumb."
That the hashtag "RIP Twitter" is trending isn't a shock – since Elon Musk took over, nearly every single change he has made to the platform has been met with dissatisfaction from users. But killing Twitter altogether? This is perhaps too far.
Elon Musk is living proof that you can do anything you set your mind to if you just work hard enough... or have wealthy parents. With rebranding Twitter to X and basically killing off the iconic bird that has made Twitter so recognizable in the last couple of years, Musk hasn't only offended animal lovers...
- You know which other rich dude could use your support? Jeff Bezos. Just one click away.
"Sounds Like A Porn Site"
Popular streamer Charles Christopher White Jr., better known as MoistCr1TiKaL or just Charlie, was quick to give Musk some thoughts on the surprising rebranding.
Taking one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and changing it to X is unfathomably dumb. Sounds like a porn site and the logo looks like the emblem to a bad Call of Duty gamebattles team from 2008 https://t.co/FeAhyhR7S6
— Charlie (@MoistCr1TiKaL) July 23, 2023
And you know, Charlie's onto something. There's actually a, well, adult film website with a similar name and with videos shared on Twi- I mean X in the future, that could lead to "confusing" outcomes.
Xvideos seeing the website crash and thousands of new followers pic.twitter.com/AwDiuRRU40
— Blake Garman (@FrostedBlakes34) July 24, 2023
It remains to be seen how the change will work out and how quickly users will jump onto the X-train now. Old habits die hard, and the community most likely won't go around calling it "X" right away, especially when "Twitter" is something so engrained in our minds.
By the way: it's still twitter.com, of course, but x.com sends you there as well. Musk just thought of everything, didn't he? Well, except for the xvideos-thing, but other than that? 44 billion well spent.
He bought it and then made it his own, you've got to hand that to him.