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Re:X.com is Twitter, but what are [a-z].com? by herbst on Friday December 08, 2023 @07:53AM (#38568428)
X.com probably makes sense in the assumption that he turns Twitter into a WeChat clone as kinda 'everything app' which would obviously fail. But as 'everything app' X is kinda a strong brand IMO.
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Re:X.com is Twitter, but what are [a-z].com? by DonHopkins on Friday December 08, 2023 @08:18AM (#38568634)
Not as strong as i.com.
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Re:X.com is Twitter, but what are [a-z].com? by jrockway on Friday December 08, 2023 @10:33AM (#38570236)
Meanwhile, companies actually named Icom: https://www.icomamerica.com/

It's crazy to me that they didn't buy i.com in the early days.

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Re:X.com is Twitter, but what are [a-z].com? by sgc on Friday December 08, 2023 @08:32AM (#38568810)
If you abstract from the current porn / nightclub styling of their branding, I agree it has potential.
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Re:X.com is Twitter, but what are [a-z].com? by mrweasel on Friday December 08, 2023 @08:54AM (#38569035)
If "X" can transition to a WeChat clone, then maybe, until then it's a shitty brand. The media always needs to present is as: "The social media platform X", "X, formerly Twitter" or "Elon Musks X". The last one seems to indicate the Elon Musk is a bigger brand than "X".
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Re:X.com is Twitter, but what are [a-z].com? by kaba0 on Friday December 08, 2023 @10:03AM (#38569845)
Everything is a bigger brand than X, it is absolutely insanely stupid.
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Re:X.com is Twitter, but what are [a-z].com? by orwin on Friday December 08, 2023 @09:37AM (#38569519)
I'm not sure. It's very tech-nerd (like me) and tech-bro oriented. The logo as well, I'm pretty sure it please the aestetics of tech bros, but at least some nerds/geek find it stupid, and I'm pretty sure it doesn't bring a lot of new female users.

Twitter was already one of the most male-dominated social media (especially outside the US), I think it would be interesting to see the evolution now that this became X. I'd bet a huge majority of new joiners are male (due yo the branding change), and a small majority of 'leaver' are female.

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