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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Musk probably thought calling it "X" made it sound edgy and cool. I bet it really annoys him every time it's called "the social media platform formerly known as Twitter."

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Apparently he has been obsessed with the letter since before the PayPal days. He owned X.com before joining PayPal. It was even named X for a little bit. Before it went public the name was changed to PayPal. Because of course X is a terrible name for brand recognition and marketing. I think part of this just fuck you to all the guys who started PayPal

Oh and remember the only real thing Musk brought to PayPal. Was his daddy's money.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

of course he's obsessed with it. it's pretty close to the swastika as far as letters go.