cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2399016

Twitter’s new X logo wasn’t made by an in-house designer. It’s from an old podcast hosted by one of the cult that Elon took from his replies.

  • FlowVoidEnglish
    23·
    1 year ago

    The good news is that “x com” can be trademarked.

    The bad news is that “x com” is already trademarked.

    • MJBrune@beehaw.orgEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      xcom is trademarked as a video game. There can be existing trademarks in different spaces. So you could easily get an xcom social media site trademarked.

      • FlowVoidEnglish
        15·
        1 year ago

        Yes, it’s trademarked for use in video games.

        And by another company for use in sporting equipment.

        And by another company for fiber optics.

        And by another company, as follows…

        Telecommunications services, namely, transmission of voice, data, graphics, images, audio, and video via the internet

        Yeah, maybe should’ve stuck with “Twitter”

        • nzodd@beehaw.orgEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          That’s too many letters though. I’m starting to think this imbecile is just tired of sounding out all seven letters multiple times a day. X is nice and simple, like him.

          • FlowVoidEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            Let’s split the difference. “Twit” fits.

        • MJBrune@beehaw.orgEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          We’ll see. The reality is that if you pay enough you can probably get the trademark off of anyone.

          • ffolkes@fanexus.comEnglish
            5·
            1 year ago

            Yeah… But maybe not ANYONE… “Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has already registered an ‘X’ logo in connection to ‘online social networking services’ and ‘social networking services in the fields of entertainment, gaming, and application development.’”

          • FlowVoidEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            True, but Twitter X isn’t exactly flush with cash right now. And if it aspires to be an “everything app”, it might take more than one payoff.

            • MJBrune@beehaw.orgEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              I mean if Elon is going to push it, he has plenty of cash to invest into the company to buy out anything. He’s also not above just using his personal assets for the company. E.g. X.com now redirects to Twitter.com.

              • MasterCelebrator@feddit.deEnglish
                3·
                1 year ago

                Thats true but anyway it doesnt make sense do trash a Brand that has becone verb, has its Logo on Millionen of Websites and is refered to by probably every news Website in existence. Imagine if McDonalds changed their golden M to a gray O.