Twitter's new X rebrand is a ripoff from iconic X Windows System logo from 1984
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"mathematical double-struck capital X" (look it up).
Also he literally just copied it off a user reply he liked. There were zero designers involved, zero thought, zero planning, and zero considerations. If this is how Elon Musk decided he'll invent FSD no wonder there's no FSD. If this is how he decided to make Optimus, no wonder there won't be Optimus.
A lot of things have become clear during his Twitter reign. Guy is not very well.
This seemed especially plausible considering his Saudi government co-investors, and thinking back to the destruction of Gawker as a precedent.
The alternative that he really is trying to make it succeed and is hopelessly incompetent seemed untenable, but I also couldn't believe that his actions would make it succeed.
$44 billion was an unreasonable amount to spend on the face of it, but ever since he capitulated in his court fight, I've been thinking what if it was a charade to manipulate the stock, and he or his associates defrayed a lot of the sticker price by trading on the knowledge that he would go through with the purchase?
But now I admit I am starting to wonder if my theory was incorrect - maybe he really did want to do something with it that isn't working out. Or maybe he's just committed to the bit.
I agree that $44B is an unlikely amount to spend on simply destroying it. But (a) he didn't put up nearly that much cash himself, and (b) what if the net cost was much less?
The whole farce of trying to get out of the contract depressed the stock, because everyone was thinking "he doesn't seem to have a legal leg to stand on, but does he know something we don't". It was intimidating to people who should've known better. And then he just folded and onlookers were confused.
If he had bought stock options on TWTR, it's allegedly not insider trading to trade on your own intentions, so people say. Or, buddies of his who are outside SEC jurisdiction could've done it.
How many times has he said he hates and disrespects the SEC? It all seems eminently in character to me.
But as I wrote in my first comment, I'm feeling now more like it's a 50-50 coin flip between having a master plan to destroy Twitter and really being the feckless, manic owner he appears to be.
Looks like the kettle (AI bros) calling the pot (Elon) black after using Stable Diffusion that was trained on artists creations and work to be used for free without attribution or permission, hence the Getty lawsuit.
Funny how that works.
Dogecoin doesn't have claim to Kabosu :(