▲ 561 ▼ X is officially worth less than half of what Elon Musk paid for it (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by woshang@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments A year after he bought Twitter for $44 billion, Musk thinks the company is now worth $19 billion, a 55 percent drop. Let's recap what he did to Twitter, I will go first: Changed the original name Twitter to X.
[–] aeternum@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (5 children) The worst thing he did was change the name. I mean, everyone knew twitter. Now you have to qualify it with "Musk's X" permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] omgarm@feddit.nl 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) I just call it Twitter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Now it's shitter™. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PupBiru@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) i believe the full name is “the company formerly known as Twitter aka Birdsite, Xitter pronounced Shitter aka X” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago While true, I prefer not to dedicate the time to Musk it'd take to type that out. ...also, the guy deliberately misgenders his kid and gets upset when people mislabel the platform he's burning to the ground, so do with that what you will. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) X (formerly known as Twitter) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] timtoon@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) $19 billion (formerly known as $44 billion) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Let that sink in! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MagicShel@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago "Hello. Do you believe in Britta, our Lord and savior?" permalink fedilink source parent [–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) "X, the social networking website formerly known as Twitter". Maybe we should call it TSNWFKAT, like Prince did for a bit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Niello@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago So close to having NSFW in it. What a shame. permalink fedilink source parent [–] woshang@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) And he wants to make it a Everything app, thats terrible permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ahriboy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago And the Superapp attempt will fail permalink fedilink source parent [–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Xcrement. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] omgarm@feddit.nl 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) I just call it Twitter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Now it's shitter™. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PupBiru@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) i believe the full name is “the company formerly known as Twitter aka Birdsite, Xitter pronounced Shitter aka X” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago While true, I prefer not to dedicate the time to Musk it'd take to type that out. ...also, the guy deliberately misgenders his kid and gets upset when people mislabel the platform he's burning to the ground, so do with that what you will. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Now it's shitter™. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PupBiru@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) i believe the full name is “the company formerly known as Twitter aka Birdsite, Xitter pronounced Shitter aka X” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago While true, I prefer not to dedicate the time to Musk it'd take to type that out. ...also, the guy deliberately misgenders his kid and gets upset when people mislabel the platform he's burning to the ground, so do with that what you will. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PupBiru@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) i believe the full name is “the company formerly known as Twitter aka Birdsite, Xitter pronounced Shitter aka X” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago While true, I prefer not to dedicate the time to Musk it'd take to type that out. ...also, the guy deliberately misgenders his kid and gets upset when people mislabel the platform he's burning to the ground, so do with that what you will. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago While true, I prefer not to dedicate the time to Musk it'd take to type that out. ...also, the guy deliberately misgenders his kid and gets upset when people mislabel the platform he's burning to the ground, so do with that what you will. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) X (formerly known as Twitter) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] timtoon@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) $19 billion (formerly known as $44 billion) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Let that sink in! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MagicShel@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago "Hello. Do you believe in Britta, our Lord and savior?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] timtoon@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) $19 billion (formerly known as $44 billion) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Let that sink in! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MagicShel@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago "Hello. Do you believe in Britta, our Lord and savior?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Let that sink in! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MagicShel@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago "Hello. Do you believe in Britta, our Lord and savior?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MagicShel@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago "Hello. Do you believe in Britta, our Lord and savior?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago "Hello. Do you believe in Britta, our Lord and savior?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) "X, the social networking website formerly known as Twitter". Maybe we should call it TSNWFKAT, like Prince did for a bit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Niello@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago So close to having NSFW in it. What a shame. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Niello@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago So close to having NSFW in it. What a shame. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] woshang@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) And he wants to make it a Everything app, thats terrible permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ahriboy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago And the Superapp attempt will fail permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ahriboy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago And the Superapp attempt will fail permalink fedilink source parent