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@ れんれい
2023-07-23 08:42:26On the night of Saturday, July 22nd (U.S. time), Twitter's owner, Elon Musk, tweeted a vote to "change the platform color from the current blue to black." He later tweeted, "And soon, we'll bid farewell to the Twitter brand, and gradually to all the birds as well."
"If an excellent X logo is posted tonight, we'll unveil it to the world tomorrow," he added.
Following this tweet, numerous users have posted their designs for the "X" logo.
Musk later tweeted things like "Deus X" (Deus Ex?) and "We shouldn't make appliances too 'smart'," making the logo change tweet seem like a passing whim on a Saturday night.
In April, he temporarily changed Twitter's logo to a Shiba Inu dog, only to revert it shortly after.
At the time of completing the Twitter acquisition, Musk had tweeted, "Acquiring Twitter facilitates the construction of the X app." This suggests that there's a possibility of renaming Twitter to the "X" brand. Articles speculating such possibilities have been scattered around. What's worth recalling here is Elon Musk's ambition, X.com. He might not be looking to rebrand Twitter, but perhaps replace Twitter with a super-app named "X." Twitter has become deeply embedded in our daily lives, and when something goes wrong with Twitter, we're quick to blame "someone." People complain about centralized power structures when faced with account suspensions or censorship. Today, Elon simply tweeted "侘寂."
Let's remember when Jack stepped down from the CEO position of Twitter, his one-word tweet was "I love Twitter." Perhaps the Twitter we've known and loved may come to an end tonight. Did he tweet "侘寂" mourning the end of Twitter? It would be sad to see that future, but this might be the shining moment for Nostr. However, just like Twitter scaled up during the Arab Spring, protocols that spread due to conflicts might truly embody "侘寂."