Frost Wolf to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoAs Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up11.53Karrow-down150file-textcross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.worldfediverse_press@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.48Karrow-down1external-linkAs Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comFrost Wolf to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square117fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.worldfediverse_press@lemmy.world
minus-squareTygrlinkfedilinkEnglish69•2 years agoIt’s not the rebrand that’s killing Twitter. Elon is. He’s proving to himself that he cannot, in fact, run Twitter better than the prior owners.
minus-square@hairinmybellybutt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoI wonder if previous twitter execs are feeling a bit bad to have sold him twitter to see it destroyed like that. I mean it certainly proves Elon is an idiot as he used fraud to manipulate the price and got played instead. But was it worth it to let him destroy Twitter just because he tried to defraud it?
minus-square@Master@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoAs someone who doesnt use twitter… yes this was totally worth it!
minus-squareTygrlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoI’d be bummed out but happy I have an unlimited supply of hundred dollar bills to wipe away the tears.
minus-square@flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThey got $44 billion, double what sane people thought the company was worth. It would be irresponsible not to take Elon for a ride.
minus-square@KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI’m sure the previous execs are crying into their wads of cash. So much sympathy for them. Lol. Like if they gave a shit they would have forced that buyout to go through.
minus-square@mint_tamas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoTo be honest, for me it absolutely was the rebranding that made me delete the app.
minus-squareTygrlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoIf you said it was the final nail in the coffin, sure. But for that to be the only reason?? Why?? Are you one of those “my brand truck is better than yours because … bowtie” types?
minus-square@mint_tamas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoYou are jumping into conclusions. See my other answer here https://lemmy.world/comment/2511227
It’s not the rebrand that’s killing Twitter. Elon is. He’s proving to himself that he cannot, in fact, run Twitter better than the prior owners.
I wonder if previous twitter execs are feeling a bit bad to have sold him twitter to see it destroyed like that.
I mean it certainly proves Elon is an idiot as he used fraud to manipulate the price and got played instead.
But was it worth it to let him destroy Twitter just because he tried to defraud it?
As someone who doesnt use twitter… yes this was totally worth it!
I’d be bummed out but happy I have an unlimited supply of hundred dollar bills to wipe away the tears.
They got $44 billion, double what sane people thought the company was worth. It would be irresponsible not to take Elon for a ride.
I’m sure the previous execs are crying into their wads of cash. So much sympathy for them.
Lol. Like if they gave a shit they would have forced that buyout to go through.
To be honest, for me it absolutely was the rebranding that made me delete the app.
If you said it was the final nail in the coffin, sure. But for that to be the only reason?? Why??
Are you one of those “my brand truck is better than yours because … bowtie” types?
You are jumping into conclusions. See my other answer here https://lemmy.world/comment/2511227