Twitter is now officially X, and everybody’s soooo thrilled – 35 more reactions to the change
As Elon Musk announced at the weekend, the social media site formerly known as Twitter is now named X. Let’s face it, almost nobody is going to stop calling it Twitter, but if the Queen is still being called Camilla Parker-Bowles 18 years after that stopped being her name, X stands no chance.
X is here! Let’s do this. pic.twitter.com/1VqEPlLchj
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayacc) July 24, 2023
The logo was projected onto the company’s headquarters.
Here’s the more conventional version.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 24, 2023
Basically, it’s this –
Elon "Graphic Design Is My Passion" Musk's logo for "X" is literally just Unicode Character “” (U+1D54F).https://t.co/cT01vRCuWG pic.twitter.com/0zukeVUWTN
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) July 24, 2023
There’s that business genius at work again. Once the logo landed, people found a fresh wave of inspiration.
This is what they had to say about it.
1.
Come on, own up. Who gave the money-spaffing manchild a drawing set for his birthday? pic.twitter.com/uJN8ljrse3
— Stephen McGann (@StephenMcGann) July 24, 2023
2.
#TwitterX walked so GreX could run pic.twitter.com/uIH7qoQ27H
— Greggs (@GreggsOfficial) July 24, 2023
3.
Now launching….AldX
(It's the same as Aldi we just fancied a change) #TwitterX pic.twitter.com/44GkX8qivu— Aldi Stores UK (@AldiUK) July 24, 2023
4.
You maniacs. #TwitterX pic.twitter.com/tVkf514y0v
— Marshall Julius (@MarshallJulius) July 24, 2023
5.
Somehow this has managed to be even less hip than when he replaced the Twitter bird with Doge for a couple of days. pic.twitter.com/uRm2iNFDN9
— Sooz Kempner | soozuk.bsky.social (@SoozUK) July 24, 2023
6.
Jack watching Musk manage his old platform pic.twitter.com/Auz9Lt2ieK
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 24, 2023
7.
People still call our streaming service 4OD so good luck https://t.co/olKv5FFTWf
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) July 24, 2023
8.
We'll just tell your mother you're a fucking idiot… pic.twitter.com/T3TU6BNltQ
— Matthew Highton (@MattHighton) July 24, 2023
9.
It looks like someone tried to draw the OK Computer album cover from a memory of having seen it in 1997, and then never again pic.twitter.com/y4eldk7bcr
— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) July 24, 2023
10.
— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) July 24, 2023
11.
"..and you will all refer to me as professor" pic.twitter.com/ot21uNsr12
— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) July 24, 2023
12.
Very strong teenage after shave vibe with this logo.
Pound shop Lynx. https://t.co/66vj2SVM1S
— Emma Fielding (@emmagafielding) July 24, 2023
13.
https://t.co/xa7m5MiAjB pic.twitter.com/YxohhtgUzm
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) July 23, 2023
14.
The letter X will be holding a press conference later today. #TwitterX pic.twitter.com/qXKNYLTqLe
— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) July 24, 2023
15.
Love to change my business logo to something that can’t be trademarked which means anyone can legally use it for whatever they want https://t.co/IDbSx5k8ag
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) July 24, 2023
16.
,
— Matt Round (@mattround) July 24, 2023
17.
Xeets? Xings? Xcretions??
Yeah…Xcretions.
— Hank Green (@hankgreen) July 24, 2023
18.
It’s interesting that even though you had this idea for a very long time,you never made a good logo for it.
— DreamStarter (@DreamStarter_1) July 24, 2023