He Xed out the Blue Bird / myLot

United States

July 24, 2023 1:50pm CST

The last vestige of Twitter has been removed from the site. In place of the Blue Bird, there is now a stylized X. It looks as foolish as it sounds. The jokes on X today all revolved around what the X is supposed to mean and what are posts to the site going to be called. As to the first question, I took a math teacher's approach. In algebra, X and mean nothing, or it can mean anything. Regarding the second question, my suggestion was to use the phrase "Posts formerly known as Tweets" for what we will call posts X. Some other suggestions were: X-rays Xceptions Xcitements Musk's own missives on the site should be labeled Xcrement. Jack whatisname, the guy who invented Twitter, doesn't care one way or the other. He's sitting on billions of dollars from the sale to Musk. Why should he? Were you on Twitter? Will you stay on X? Perhaps you should. After all, X marks the spot.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Jul 23

I've never used Twitter and I can't see myself using X either. But whenever stuff like this changes, it doesn't take long before the jokes/puns start poring in. People are so clever sometimes.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

25 Jul 23

I'm waiting for Microsoft to sue Musk for trademark infringement. MS holds the trademark for the letter X.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

26 Jul 23

@JudyEv I saw an article today that claimed Meta (Facebook/Instagram/Threads) owns the right to use the letter X for social media purposes. It should be interesting to see where this goes. Can anyone really own the letter X?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Jul 23

@DWDavis We heard a bit about that on the news.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

25 Jul 23

I used to be on Twitter and suppose I still have an account but I haven’t been there for years.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

25 Jul 23

I use it to network with writers and agents and to promote my books.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

25 Jul 23

@DWDavis I promoted my articles on other sites at that time. It did help with views.

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maclanis

@maclanis (2405)

• Belgium

24 Jul 23

I was on twitter, didn't use it all that much, but then deleted it altogether when Musk messed everything up. He's just making things worse and worse... This X thing is ridiculous.

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maclanis

@maclanis (2405)

• Belgium

26 Jul 23

@DWDavis I wouldn't know, haven't used it. I think the worst thing is the fact that you can buy your verification now. Anyone can just pretend to be anyone. I don't really care all that much. It just all seems so stupid.

DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

24 Jul 23

The worst thing about what Musk has done to Twitter is that all the Twitter replacements that have sprung up are awful. Even Threads isn't an improvement on broken Twitter.

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much2say

@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

24 Jul 23

I have stayed out of Twitter myself, but I have read/seen many tweets for whatever reason. I don't understand this whole X thing . . . sounds like a dumb move to me . . . maybe X will one day be an eX social media platform.

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much2say

@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

25 Jul 23

@DWDavis This morning Hubby reminded me of SpaceX . . . so ok now I see where this is going, maybe. With his son being X, is this a for the sake of legacy kind of thing? I dunno . . . it's all just weird.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

25 Jul 23

Allegedly, rebranding Twitter to X is part of Musk's plan to build a global powerhouse of online services based on the X brand. You know he named his son X. No, I'm not kidding.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

25 Jul 23

He will have to change the name Twitter too. I am there but not active.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

25 Jul 23

Original posts are still being called Tweets. At least the button to submit them is still labeled Tweet. I guess the Muskrat hadn't thought that through.

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

24 Jul 23

I'm not on Twitter and don't see a reason to join.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

24 Jul 23

If I didn't use it to network and promote my books, I wouldn't stay on it. Despite everything, it is still useful for those two things. I just block every idjit from either side of the political spectrum I see.

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

24 Jul 23

@DWDavis I think my daughter uses it to promote her artwork.

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aubrey

@averygirl72 (38847)

• Philippines

25 Jul 23

This is interesting to know. Twitter is good but I don't use it now

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (40020)

• Toccoa, Georgia

24 Jul 23

I think it is very weird. Yes I will stay there but it's crazy.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

24 Jul 23

I curate my feed like crazy to block all the political stuff from either side.

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

24 Jul 23

I never use the account I have there so don't care.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122070)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

24 Jul 23

I am on Twitter to tweet kind words to some female wrestlers and share my stories on this site to them as well as express the thoughts of the day as a way to enlighten others.

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