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[–] MelancholikhPatata@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

okay but why in the world would he rename it, what could he possibly gain from doing it? Twitter was going to die either ways but it seems Elon is getting impatient and wants to see it dead sooner

[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

He wants to transform it into the "Everything" app. That's why he's pushing hard on the video platform side of things.

[–] sab@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

What do you do when you can't make money off your microblog? Subtly change it into a banking app and charge wild interest rates. Your users won't know what stuck them.