Let me save you some trouble: It costs $20 to make an account.
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2026
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Yeah. Not falling for that.
New logo looks like shit compared to the old one
The original twitter bird was inspired by a third party app called Twitterific. They didn’t really use a bird, and blue, before it, IIRC.
It was also originally Twittr. Like Flickr. And Letterboxd.
Yeah i can see it getting a couple of thousand people on board then stagnating like bluesky
I did always think it was stupid that he bought a site with pretty great branding (twitter/tweets/the bird graphics etc) and immediately got rid of most of that branding.
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A new and notable feature is the automated fact-checking tool, a Gemini-based “veracity engine for real-time analysis” (“Vera” for short), which runs on every tweet.
Lol, they added 'Grok is this true' to the entire platform, just dead on arrival.
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Damn if it only fediverse user snagged the domain. It will be fun watching Elon seeth about it
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I'm already doing well here so i'll pass.
X registered and still owns Twitter according to the USPTO in class 38, 41, and 45.
The payment service applied for class 36, 41, 42. Class 41 is duplicate and a problem..
That said, X will have to prove its use in commerce to renew if contested and has a duty to defend it's brand. If my limited knowledge serves... Best luck.
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Finally Twitter's name and logo isn't a ripoff of the X Windowing System(maybe)
Not sure if we really need more social media.
Should've been a Nitter instance
They're probably trying to give Phoenix vibes with the new logo, but I'm not Pheelin' it.
Twitter, formally X, formally Twitter
That's pretty funny. And the trust thing is a cool idea (devils in the details though). If they committed to federation I'd be onboard.
Coates and his coterie
Hah