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[–] 73 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

His first website (or company?) was named X and he said he has a fondness for the letter, hence his son's odd name, SpaceX, and the rebrand of twitter. He just likes the letter X.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk#X.com_and_PayPal

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  • [–] 62 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I like boobs. Imagine what the logo would be if I had bought Twitter.

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  • [–] 60 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I think it's very appropriate to go ahead and call it the x-social media platform

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    I guess naming your business after your son is cool.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    @Brainsick Sure sounds cool, but why? Twitter is well known name

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    @mr_MADAFAKA

    I mean Facebook did the same thing. Maybe it's to help distract from some of the negative press they've been getting. I don't have any proof for this, and I kinda just made it up on the spot, but I could see it being the case. Either way, I agree it's a stupid decision. Meta at least had the sense to change only the name of the company, and not the well-known product itself.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    SimpsonsFuturama did it

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