MIscellaneous Thoughts on Twitter X

I liked them better when they were Twitter and Comcast

1) For all its baggage "Twitter" had widespread brand awareness. It's puzzling why Elon Musk would abandon the valuable name for the nondescript "X."

2) The new "X" icon is easily confused with the Xfinity logo.

3) The Musk haters seem to rejoice with every report about how much Twitter's value has fallen from the $44 billion purchase price. His own stake is about $26.5 billion--$20 billion cash plus $6.5 billion of loans guaranteed by Tesla stock.

4) Elon Musk's current net worth has been estimated at $241 billion. His purchase of Twitter was, IMHO, for both investment and personal enjoyment, and he seems to be deriving immense pleasure from seizing control of the Progressives' playground and reminding them daily that he has it. Losing 11% of his net worth on something that interests him is not the best outcome, but he can afford it.

5) Installing the flashing "X" sign atop the Twitter building resulted in squeals of protest. It bothered residents at night and was put in without a permit. (Related: San Francisco required a permit for Twitter employees to sleep in the office.) Elon Musk took the sign down a few days later.

The satyrical Babylon Bee has the fake-but-true report:

In an ongoing dispute regarding the new illuminated "X" sign installed atop the former Twitter headquarters, city officials have now demanded Elon Musk have the sign removed because it is distressing to the people who are pooping on the sidewalk outside.

"The sign makes public defecation far too stressful," said San Francisco Mayor London Breed. "Our citizens have the right to feel totally at ease when they are dropping their pants and laying cable in the streets. That infernal ‘X' sign is causing them too much stress to have the peaceful public pooping experience they deserve."

...San Francisco's leaders continue to maintain the presence of Musk's new sign is "highly disturbing" and disrupting the city's normal flow of public defecation, unprosecuted theft, and randomly discarded drug syringes. Removal of the sign, officials say, will allow the city to return to the status quo.