# Now that Musk bought Twitter -- Breaking News only **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news, elon-musk\ **Created:** [November 29, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737 "2022-11-29T13:10:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/361 "2023-07-25T18:32:17Z")
Trademarks refer to a specific class. So when you think of McDonald’s you probably think of a specific fast-food chain–but there are also McDonald’s hardware stores with no connection to that fast food chain. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/362 "2023-07-25T18:33:57Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Now _that_ is a great typo. Thank you! Very widely used nickname. > **[Twitter insiders are calling Elon Musk by a new nickname, Elmo. It's...](https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-insiders-users-calling-elon-musk-by-the-nickname-elmo-2022-11)** > > Elon Musk has owned Twitter for about three weeks and already his new employees are finding new ways to criticize him. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/363 "2023-07-25T18:36:31Z")
I think he meant “trough”… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/364 "2023-07-25T18:41:27Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Trademarks refer to a specific class. So when you think of McDonald’s you probably think of a specific fast-food chain–but there are also McDonald’s hardware stores with no connection to that fast food chain. Yes, but even given that, it’s still going to be very difficult to trademark “X”. There are so many other Xs out there that even if you can carve out some domain of exclusivity, it’s going to be a very, very narrow domain. Oh, and speaking of domains, there’s also Internet domains to consider. When “Twitter” was founded, it was easy enough to get the domain [twitter.com](http://twitter.com). But does Musk seriously think he’s going to be able to get [x.com](http://x.com)? Or will he have to settle for something like [xsocialmedia.com](http://xsocialmedia.com)? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/365 "2023-07-25T18:42:05Z")
Maybe he’ll go for xxx…com ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/366 "2023-07-25T18:42:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > But does Musk seriously think he’s going to be able to get [x.com](http://x.com)? Um. Try clicking on that ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/367 "2023-07-25T18:51:14Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Oh, and speaking of domains, there’s also Internet domains to consider. When “Twitter” was founded, it was easy enough to get the domain [twitter.com](http://twitter.com). But does Musk seriously think he’s going to be able to get [x.com](http://x.com) He already has [x.com](http://x.com). It was a domain he registered a long time ago. When he wanted to rename PayPal to X, he already had [x.com](http://x.com). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/368 "2023-07-25T19:03:50Z")
Ah, this whole thing makes more sense, now. He’s been holding onto the domain, and looking for something, anything, to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/369 "2023-07-25T19:16:25Z")
That linky needs a condom ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/370 "2023-07-25T19:23:57Z")
Um…you may want to break that link. I clicked on it thinking that maybe it’s not what I expected it to be but, alas, no it was exactly that. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/371 "2023-07-25T19:33:54Z")
Thank you ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/372 "2023-07-26T01:04:03Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > Now _that_ is a great typo. Thank you! > > Very widely used nickname. > > [Twitter Insiders and Users Are Calling Elon Musk by the Nickname Elmo](https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-insiders-users-calling-elon-musk-by-the-nickname-elmo-2022-11) Gimme a little credit. > [@Tride](#): > > I think he meant “trough”… Thank you. Elmo converting twitter into a loss-making trough of a business and then re-branding it **X** make me think of pig porn. A perfect metaphor for what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/373 "2023-07-26T01:48:23Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Ah, this whole thing makes more sense, now. He’s been holding onto the domain, and looking for something, anything, to do with it. word is, he bought [x.com](http://x.com) for 1 million dollars (last century) … and ever since then wanted to put his newest acquisition to use … he wanted to change paypal’s name also to X, when everybody was already using the verb “I paypal you the money” … he was sent to greener pastures, then ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/374 "2023-07-26T01:49:23Z")
There are currently over 900 existing trademarks for X. > **[Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name](https://www.reuters.com/technology/problem-with-x-meta-microsoft-hundreds-more-own-trademarks-new-twitter-name-2023-07-25/)** > > Billionaire Elon Musk's decision to rebrand Twitter as X could be complicated legally: companies including Meta and Microsoft already have intellectual property rights to the same letter. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/375 "2023-07-26T23:07:14Z")
> **[‘X’ Rebrand Gets Twitter Blocked Under Indonesia Porn Laws](https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musks-twitter-rebrand-as-x-gets-site-blocked-under-indonesia-porn-laws)** > > The domain X.com had previously been used by sites running afoul of the country’s rules on “negative” content. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/376 "2023-07-31T03:09:13Z")
> **[Twitter neighbours complain of lit-up ‘X’ sign working at high intensity](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/31/twitter-x-new-logo-complaints-san-francisco-hq)** > > New logo for Elon Musk’s social network strobes over San Francisco neighbourhood, prompting complaints and mobilising building inspectors ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/377 "2023-07-31T15:38:48Z")
Yes, if there were ever a public display of a person’s personality, this is it – a giant FU to the neighborhood. That building is on Market street, but far enough up the street that many of the surrounding buildings are residential, not offices. If it were anyone else, that sign would have been closed down after the first night. Frankly, I suspect large anonymous influxes of cash into several city officials’ bank accounts. I hope it blows up (figuratively) in all their faces. I was idly speculating what kind of explosive (or other) weapon/device it would take to accurately destroy that sign from the building across the street, without any collateral damage. Just idly, mind you. I don’t live anywhere around there, so it doesn’t affect me personally. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/378 "2023-07-31T18:14:11Z")
> An anti-hate speech campaign group has accused Elon Musk’s X Corp of intimidation after the owner of the rebranded social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, threatened legal action over the organisation’s research into hate speech on the platform. > > The [Center for Countering Digital Hate](https://counterhate.com/) (CCDH) has regularly conducted research into the platform’s content since it was bought last year by Musk and has produced work claiming publication of hateful material on the site has risen since the [$44bn (£34.2bn) deal was completed](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/28/elon-musk-twitter-hate-speech-concerns-stock-exchange-deal). > > Musk’s legal representative has written to CCDH and its chief executive, Imran Ahmed, accusing the organisation of posting articles making “inflammatory, outrageous, and false or misleading assertions about Twitter”. > > The letter to CCDH also threatens legal action, stating that X is considering whether what it describes as CCDH’s “false and misleading claims” are actionable under the [Lanham Act](https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/trademarks/law/Trademark_Statutes.pdf), a piece of US legislation that covers trademark law. It adds: “Please be advised that Twitter will employ any and all legal tools at its disposal to prevent false or misleading claims from harming its users, platform, or business.” > **[Anti-hate speech group accuses Elon Musk’s X Corp of intimidation over legal...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/31/anti-hate-speech-group-accuses-elon-musk-x-corp-intimidation)** > > Center for Countering Digital Hate claims publication of hateful material on Twitter has risen since Musk took over But I thought Elon believes in freedom of speech… ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/379 "2023-07-31T18:18:17Z")
I thought California had anti-SLAPP laws. > **[Strategic lawsuit against public participation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation)** > > Strategic lawsuits against public participation (also known as SLAPP suits or intimidation lawsuits), or strategic litigation against public participation, are lawsuits intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition. > In a typical SLAPP, the plaintiff does not normally expect to win the lawsuit. The plaintiff's goals are accomplished if the defendant succumbs to fear, intimidation, mounting l... But Twitter could possibly forum shop someplace more friendly to it, like maybe Texas. Funny how that place keeps coming up in these contexts. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737/380 "2023-07-31T18:51:57Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > I thought California had anti-SLAPP laws. Lanham Act is federal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-musk-bought-twitter-breaking-news-only/975737.md?page=20)