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Posted by Hannah Reynolds on July 25, 2023 at 2:41pm in Just for Fun

Have you heard about Twitter's rebrand to... well, TwitterX? 🤔

What do you think? I've loved the reactive response, including Gregg's:

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Andrew Smith August 2, 2023 at 8:16am

Is it true that Elon likes a Greggs sausage roll?
Simon Pittman July 26, 2023 at 2:22pm

First time I've seen the Greggs response - although there have been some amusing responses to Twitter.

A few weeks ago, when the thread limit issue was introduced, I wrote a blog post on everything that's happening with Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-twitter-simon-pittman

Reminds me a bit of when Coco Pops rebranded as Choco Crispies... everyone still called them Coco Pops. Same with Starbursts/Opal Fruits.

Would have made more sense if Twitter had gone the Meta route... used X as the overall company/brand, keeping Twitter as a part of that, and introducing any additional services as they are developed (similar to how Meta has Facebook, Threads, etc.)

However, we are all talking about Twitter (including talking about Twitter on other websites!) which I guess is perhaps what they wanted all along... :)

The End of Twitter?

Last weekend Twitter announced a “rate limit” - limiting the number of tweets people can read, which caused problems for many not being able to see t…
- Hannah Reynolds > Simon Pittman July 27, 2023 at 12:19pm
  
  Interesting blog Simon, thank you!
  
  Totally agree, it'll always be Twitter and a 'Tweet' in my eyes 🐦.
Leigh Reid July 25, 2023 at 7:10pm

It had me chuckling!
Jeanette Lowe July 25, 2023 at 4:08pm

I don't really understand what's being going on with Twitter recently but I did see the Greggs response and it made me laugh!
- Hannah Reynolds > Jeanette Lowe July 27, 2023 at 12:17pm
  
  It's been drama central ever since Elon took over!