mastermind@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoRIP Twitter’s iconic bird logowww.theverge.commessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
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minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoTwitter gets their iconic branding enshrined in the dictionary as a verb - one of the very few companies that have achieved the feat - and Elon chucks it all in the bin.
minus-squareRealtrain@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAnd not even as a genericized term. (Google and Xerox HATE that they’re used as verbs.) “Tweet” is only ever used to describe posting to Twitter. It’s a very unique position that’s about as ideal as it gets for a company brand.
minus-squaresupercriticalcheese@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoGenious. He found the fastest way to burn 44B$, me reckons.
Twitter gets their iconic branding enshrined in the dictionary as a verb - one of the very few companies that have achieved the feat - and Elon chucks it all in the bin.
And not even as a genericized term. (Google and Xerox HATE that they’re used as verbs.)
“Tweet” is only ever used to describe posting to Twitter. It’s a very unique position that’s about as ideal as it gets for a company brand.
Genious.
He found the fastest way to burn 44B$, me reckons.