X, formerly Twitter, was caught running unlabeled ads on its platform in September. Now that issue, which has been ongoing, has been brought to the FTC's
I thoroughly enjoy that it’s still “X, formerly Twitter”. I’ve seen other news sites just give up completely and continue referring to it as “Twitter”. “X” is just really bad at being a name, because it always sounds like you’re talking about some unknown thing, like “XYZ”.
The lack of a uniting brand identity is the consequence of his crazy decision. The need to add an addendum every time it’s mentioned is an effect of that.
I thoroughly enjoy that it’s still “X, formerly Twitter”. I’ve seen other news sites just give up completely and continue referring to it as “Twitter”. “X” is just really bad at being a name, because it always sounds like you’re talking about some unknown thing, like “XYZ”.
I wish they would revert the change or change to something else and then everybody starts to call it formerly X.
I wish people would just call it X. If that’s what Elon wants, let him reap the consequences of his crazy decisions.
The lack of a uniting brand identity is the consequence of his crazy decision. The need to add an addendum every time it’s mentioned is an effect of that.