Sean Murray on LinkedIn: Twitter goes supersize. Parking my thoughts on Musk and his approach to… (2024)

Do you remember that 20+ years ago, Elon Musk had a company, a payment company called ... yes, X.com ?It then merged with another payment firm (Confinity), Musk was asked to leave by the board and the company became.. PayPal According to Nicholas Thompson, Musk doesn't want to just change the name from Twitter to X and he's not interested in just incrementally changing the product. Instead, he may want to combine Twitter's existing assets and popularity with his own assets (e.g. AI among others) to build a community with all kinds of services like payment, banking, social media, e-commerce etc.. Something bigger anyway. Much bigger. Like a WeChat for example - as complicated as it may be. Which, when you think about it, wouldn't be totally unrealistic. Otherwise, what would be the interest of simply renaming Twitter to just continue doing more of the same thing... ? Thoughts ? #payment #twitter #elonmusk #socialmedia#ai

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Absolutely fascinating to understand the history behind this major move by Elon Musk! Connecting the dots from 1999 to now is quite the journey. While it's a bummer to see the old name go, let's see what he has in store with X.com. #GoodByeTwitter #Twitter #TwitterMarketing #DigitalMarketing #Rebranding #X

Exactly 1 week ago Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced that Twitter will now be imposing daily limits on users. 4 days later Meta launched Threads its Twitter look-alike app. So far over 80 million people have reportedly signup on Threads making it the fastest downloaded app ever. But what does this mean for Twitter's future? Will Twitter retain its audience and eventually crack the code to monetization?Or will Threads replace Twitter for good? Share your thoughts in the comments.#enterscale #twitter #elonmusk #threadsapp #techinnovation #techleaders

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We have officially said ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ to Twitter as it rebrands to X.Musk wants it to be an ‘everything app’, but what does this mean? Check out our latest blog post on how the popular platform is flying the nest and evolving ⬇️https://lnkd.in/gcu5Cw8a #twitterchanges #twitterrebrand #socialmediamarketing

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What does Musk mean by an ‘everything app’?If you’re slightly confused by the rebrand of Twitter, you’re not alone. Check out our latest blog for (a bit) more clarity on what we know about the evolving platform X so far 💬 #twitterrebrand #x #socialmedia

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The internet is abuzz as the app formerly known as Twitter announced a name change.After Elon Musk tweeted about it last week, the bird site is shedding its feathers.X.com now redirects to Twitter.comThe company's headquarters now sports a flashing X where there once was a bird logo. The app now appears as "X" in the Apple and Google app stores. What do you think? Share your thoughts and join the buzz in the comments below! 🐦#twitter #x #socialmedia #elonmusk #logorebranding

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Now that X.com officially redirects to #Twitter and the blue bird will be ditched, is this Elon’s attempt to turn twitter into an ‘Everything App? If this attempt is successful, I can see the emerge of something similar to #WeChat … WeChat is extremely successful in China and is the go-to app for almost EVERYTHING! A similar app for the rest of the world could really fill in the gap and eliminate the number of different apps used to accomplish different things such as; Social connectivity, news, money transfers, ride sharing/taxi’s, food delivery, bills & utilities, finance & investments, reservations (movie theatres, restaurants, hotels) and so on… And I believe the infrastructure is mostly there! I hope that’s the case and that customer experience is at the center of it all! One-click-purchases and efficient

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If you’re an avid Twitter fan you may have recently seen that Elon Musk has rebranded the platform to ‘X’ but much like many of us you're probably wondering what does this mean for the platform? For now the rebrand of Twitter just seems to be a name change, but according to CBS News in America “Musk has been vocal about his goal of turning Twitter into a so-called super-app, something akin to China’s WeChat. For now there's no American equivalent to such an app, but industry experts imagine an app that encompasses basically anything a person wants to do online.”What’s your opinion? Will ‘X’ take off? * https://lnkd.in/e6cvE7bd...#twitterx #twittermarketing #twitterrebrand #elonmusktwitter #elonmusknews #socialmediamarketing #marketingcampaigns #businessdevelopment #newidentity #twitternews #logodesign #logotrends

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Zuckerberg’s Threads App Moves To Kick Out Twitter, As It Gathers Over 10 Million Users Within Hours Of Launch. More than 10 million people have signed up for Threads, Meta’s rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday.Have you created your Threads account? ⬇️Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/dvUrY3BN📌Follow for daily news updates. #ekohotblog #newsupdate #linkedin #people #linkedinforcreators #bvlc #lwc #linkedinpost

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Mark Zuckerberg wanted to buy Twitter!Guess what happened?Elon said NO!Now, Zuck launched thread!Within hours of launch, the growth of thread is looking like a threat already!30 million+ sign ups already? Yes!This Twitter-lookalike app, calls retweets 'reposts' and tweets 'threads'. It allows users to post up to 500 characters of text and up to five minutes of video as well as pictures!That's an edge, isn't it?Do something extra. Add something more. These people are geniuses in their fields! All I want to take is the lesson. And I want to learn from you as well what you learnt from this.What did you learn from this?Did you take home any lesson?Share with us in the comments!Repost and help others learn!#growth #share #people #vvwithmao #lwc #oluwafemiwrites

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