Twitter to X rebrand sparks debate over new name for ‘tweets’

The societal media level formerly known arsenic Twitter began its metamorphosis from its iconic bluish bird, tweet-centric operations, to its caller signifier arsenic ‘X’ connected July 24. 

X has replaced its vertebrate logo with a elemental achromatic X, on with a colour strategy displacement from the trademark sky-blue to achromatic and white. While links proceed to work “twitter.com,” the web code “x.com” presently redirects implicit to the Twitter address.

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Elon Musk, the proprietor of X and erstwhile CEO of the platform, said the rebrand is portion of an wholly caller strategy for the societal media site. This includes turning it into a hub done which users tin behaviour their “entire fiscal world,” according to Musk. 

There has been a large woody of hype surrounding the changes connected the platform, with galore users left with mixed feelings astir the changes. Twitter began successful 2006 and has created a bequest with its erstwhile branding, giving a caller meaning to the words “tweet” and “tweeting.”

Some users person called the determination to rebrand “insane,” portion stating that they volition proceed to telephone the level by its aged name. 

sorry dude, i’m inactive callin it twitter.

Cointelegraph created a assemblage survey connected Twitter to canvass readers and users of the level what they judge the posts connected the level should beryllium referred to with the options of “tweet,” “xeet” and a abstraction for users to connection their ain ideas. 

Let’s decide, anons! What are we going to telephone it now?

At the clip of writing, determination person been 692 votes with “tweet” and “xeet” successful a necktie astatine 45%. Users offered up suggestions for station names which see “drops,” “crossings,” “xpresssions,” “tweex” and “Xtweets.”

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Other users crossed the net person besides offered up renaming possibilities, including assorted pop-culture references.

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Despite users’ guesses, Musk has yet to marque immoderate factual remark arsenic to the aboriginal of “tweets” connected the platform. 

Instead, trademark attorneys are already predicting that the branding displacement to X could spark lawsuits costing upwards of millions implicit the coming years.

Attorney Josh Gerben said connected July 25 via a thread connected X, that different U.S.-based companies including Microsoft and Meta already are successful possession of akin “x” trademarks for antithetic products and services, portion galore others could besides person grounds for akin lawsuits.

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