It now says “X” on the website (you know, the one that’s still at, um, twitter.com). But to the news media and much of the outside world, the name of the old bird platform is still Twitter.
In the spirit of Tronc, Elon Musk has decided to throw away more than a decade of brand equity by changing the name of Twitter to…the letter X. Imagine if more media executives followed his lead.
A number of efforts are underway to document not just the content created on the platform but how Black women used it for communication and community — along with the abuse they received.
Benton, Joshua. "Among all of his mistakes, don’t forget Elon Musk is singlehandedly crushing a big chunk of Internet research for no good reason." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 4 Apr. 2023. Web. 28 Sep. 2023.
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Benton, J. (2023, Apr. 4). Among all of his mistakes, don’t forget Elon Musk is singlehandedly crushing a big chunk of Internet research for no good reason. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/04/among-all-of-his-mistakes-dont-forget-elon-musk-is-singlehandedly-crushing-a-big-chunk-of-internet-research-for-no-good-reason/
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Benton, Joshua. "Among all of his mistakes, don’t forget Elon Musk is singlehandedly crushing a big chunk of Internet research for no good reason." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 4, 2023. Accessed September 28, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/04/among-all-of-his-mistakes-dont-forget-elon-musk-is-singlehandedly-crushing-a-big-chunk-of-internet-research-for-no-good-reason/.
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