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    Context: Twitter is currently rebranding it self as X.com, which is the bottom logo. X.org is a FOSS implementation of the The X Window System which is being slowly replaced by the newer Wayland display server. Because of the Twitter rebrand Someone decided to make Wayland.social, to parody the X.org to Wayland transition.

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    [–] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Twitter is doing what? Why? ???

    [–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 64 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Want everyone to stop talking about your mistakes and failures? Rebrand! Now everyone is focused on your new stupid logo!

    [–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    It totally worked for Xfinity

    [–] FearTheNoFear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

    Charter did the same and rebranded to Spectrum.

    [–] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

    This I understand, but why in the name of the gods both old and new to X?? Why just one letter? ~Does his brain not work?~

    Nvm figured it out

    [–] GatoB@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

    Its rage bait and everyone is still promoting it

    [–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Musk really likes the letter X, and his previous x.com venture from 1999 went belly up

    So, he’s rebranding his new toy to his favorite letter

    [–] Gooboob@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    I thought x.com became paypal

    [–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    It was taken over by PayPal, yeah. PayPal was the better processor and didn’t want competition

    [–] zephr_c@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

    PayPal didn't have enough cash to expand as quickly as they wanted to though, so they merged with x.com to get ahold of that blood emerald money.

    [–] spamspeicher@feddit.de 29 points 2 years ago
    [–] starman@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Same reasons as reddit. Pure stupidity.

    [–] blake@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

    Give spez a few weeks and he’ll have followed with a reddit rebrand.

    [–] khelmr@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

    Coming soon: reddit changes its name to 𝕐, because 𝕐 not?

    [–] Xeelee@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

    Some megalomaniac man child thought it was a good idea.

    [–] sci@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

    musk likes X better