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It is July 24, 2023, and you are watching the code report.
I regret to inform you that the Twitter bird logo was euthanized this morning and replaced with this x logo.
Logo.
It was designed by some random Twitter user highly inspired by Unicode and is accompanied by this intro video that uses a glitch animation effect that went out of style 5 years ago.
This is clearly a genius 25 d chess move by Elon, but the big question is why?
Is it just a hoax to draw attention to the platform?
Is he deliberately trying to kill Twitter?
Is because the new website uses h t m x, or is it part of some other grand strategy that we can't even begin to wrap our heads around?
A few months ago, I made a video about how Twitter open sourced its code, and it turns out that was a big stake because Zuckerberg forked that code and launched threads, which was able to gain over a 100,000,000 users in just a few days, making it the fastest growing social media app of all time.
Mark Zuckerberg is an absolute genius.
He created Facebook, which was the first social media site for friends.
Or wait, that was stolen from Myspace, but he was the first person to create Instagram stories for short content that disappears.
Or actually, wait, they stole that from Snapchat, but he did create reels for short video content that can go viral quickly.
Oh, wait.
He stole that from TikTok, which itself stole from Vine, which loincidentally used to be owned by Twitter and was shut down in 2017.
Meta engineers even have their own special keyboards to build these features, but threads has a big problem.
Traffic is already down 70% from the peak 2 weeks after its launch.
And it's already got one foot in its grave right next to blue sky, mastodon, and parlor.
It's pro censorship and doesn't allow adult content, but worst of all, it forces you to look at content from the mainstream media and from a bunch of cringe influencers you don't follow.
You see, Twitter is for smart, ugly people, while Facebook and Reddit are for dumb ugly people.
Then we've got Instagram and TikTok for hot dumb people.
And then finally, threads was going fill the gap for the hot smart people.
Unfortunately, there's just not enough hot smart people in the world to make it work.
In addition, Elon delivered a solid counterpunch to threads last week by making looking the first revenue share payments to creators.
1 of my favorite meme accounts, Internet Hall of Fame, got a 6 figure paycheck for simply curating stupid content on the Internet.
In contrast, Meta doesn't do love and you're sharing with their creators.
The only thing you get from Meta is fake Internet cloud, and that means if you wanna make money, you have to go to platforms like OnlyFans.
But now let's get back to this name change.
Why would Twitter rebrand to x.
Elon loves the letter x.
You've got SpaceX, the Tesla Model X, and even his own kid, x ash archangel 12.
At first, I thought this was all just a joke, but I on my phone that the actual icon has changed.
It looks like x is supposed to represent a universal media company that handles all forms of content that rivals platforms like Instagram and YouTube while while providing a universal place for journalists to post content and compensating them for it.
Elon's been talking about making it an everything bagel ever since he bought it last year.
In fact, the concept is very similar to WeChat in China.
Elon even said so himself.
Basically, WeChat's kick ass.
My dude would be like, how about if we just copy WeChat?
Hey.
But WeChat is basically just a giant surveillance tool for the Chinese government.
On top of that, digital privacy is under attack from multiple angles.
Worldcoin just launched today.
And it's gonna come scan your balls and give you a digital identity in exchange for some cryptocurrency.
C 2pa wants to require every media file to be digitally signed.
And this new web integrity API proposal wants to add digital rights management to every web browser.
And based on its GitHub issues, people seem to really be liking that idea.
I think the only solution is that we start over and build a brand new Internet called Internet X.
This has been the Code Report.
Thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.

Speaker 0: It is July 24, 2023, and you are watching the code report. I regret to inform you that the Twitter bird logo was euthanized this morning and replaced with this x logo. Logo. It was designed by some random Twitter user highly inspired by Unicode and is accompanied by this intro video that uses a glitch animation effect that went out of style 5 years ago. This is clearly a genius 25 d chess move by Elon, but the big question is why?

Is it just a hoax to draw attention to the platform? Is he deliberately trying to kill Twitter? Is because the new website uses h t m x, or is it part of some other grand strategy that we can't even begin to wrap our heads around? A few months ago, I made a video about how Twitter open sourced its code, and it turns out that was a big stake because Zuckerberg forked that code and launched threads, which was able to gain over a 100,000,000 users in just a few days, making it the fastest growing social media app of all time. Mark Zuckerberg is an absolute genius.

He created Facebook, which was the first social media site for friends. Or wait, that was stolen from Myspace, but he was the first person to create Instagram stories for short content that disappears. Or actually, wait, they stole that from Snapchat, but he did create reels for short video content that can go viral quickly. Oh, wait. He stole that from TikTok, which itself stole from Vine, which loincidentally used to be owned by Twitter and was shut down in 2017.

Meta engineers even have their own special keyboards to build these features, but threads has a big problem. Traffic is already down 70% from the peak 2 weeks after its launch. And it's already got one foot in its grave right next to blue sky, mastodon, and parlor. It's pro censorship and doesn't allow adult content, but worst of all, it forces you to look at content from the mainstream media and from a bunch of cringe influencers you don't follow. You see, Twitter is for smart, ugly people, while Facebook and Reddit are for dumb ugly people.

Then we've got Instagram and TikTok for hot dumb people. And then finally, threads was going fill the gap for the hot smart people. Unfortunately, there's just not enough hot smart people in the world to make it work. In addition, Elon delivered a solid counterpunch to threads last week by making looking the first revenue share payments to creators. 1 of my favorite meme accounts, Internet Hall of Fame, got a 6 figure paycheck for simply curating stupid content on the Internet.

In contrast, Meta doesn't do love and you're sharing with their creators. The only thing you get from Meta is fake Internet cloud, and that means if you wanna make money, you have to go to platforms like OnlyFans. But now let's get back to this name change. Why would Twitter rebrand to x. Elon loves the letter x.

You've got SpaceX, the Tesla Model X, and even his own kid, x ash archangel 12. At first, I thought this was all just a joke, but I on my phone that the actual icon has changed. It looks like x is supposed to represent a universal media company that handles all forms of content that rivals platforms like Instagram and YouTube while while providing a universal place for journalists to post content and compensating them for it. Elon's been talking about making it an everything bagel ever since he bought it last year. In fact, the concept is very similar to WeChat in China.

Elon even said so himself.

Speaker 1: Basically, WeChat's kick ass. My dude would be like, how about if we just copy WeChat? Hey.

Speaker 0: But WeChat is basically just a giant surveillance tool for the Chinese government. On top of that, digital privacy is under attack from multiple angles. Worldcoin just launched today. And it's gonna come scan your balls and give you a digital identity in exchange for some cryptocurrency. C 2pa wants to require every media file to be digitally signed.

And this new web integrity API proposal wants to add digital rights management to every web browser. And based on its GitHub issues, people seem to really be liking that idea. I think the only solution is that we start over and build a brand new Internet called Internet X. This has been the Code Report. Thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.
It is July 24, 2023, and you are watching the code report. I regret to inform you that the Twitter bird logo was euthanized this morning and replaced with this x logo. Logo. It was designed by some random Twitter user highly inspired by Unicode and is accompanied by this intro video that uses a glitch animation effect that went out of style 5 years ago. This is clearly a genius 25 d chess move by Elon, but the big question is why? Is it just a hoax to draw attention to the platform? Is he deliberately trying to kill Twitter? Is because the new website uses h t m x, or is it part of some other grand strategy that we can't even begin to wrap our heads around? A few months ago, I made a video about how Twitter open sourced its code, and it turns out that was a big stake because Zuckerberg forked that code and launched threads, which was able to gain over a 100,000,000 users in just a few days, making it the fastest growing social media app of all time. Mark Zuckerberg is an absolute genius. He created Facebook, which was the first social media site for friends. Or wait, that was stolen from Myspace, but he was the first person to create Instagram stories for short content that disappears. Or actually, wait, they stole that from Snapchat, but he did create reels for short video content that can go viral quickly.
social media
twitter
graphic design
google
animation
instagram
Oh, wait. He stole that from TikTok, which itself stole from Vine, which loincidentally used to be owned by Twitter and was shut down in 2017. Meta engineers even have their own special keyboards to build these features, but threads has a big problem. Traffic is already down 70% from the peak 2 weeks after its launch.
And it's already got one foot in its grave right next to blue sky, mastodon, and parlor. It's pro censorship and doesn't allow adult content, but worst of all, it forces you to look at content from the mainstream media and from a bunch of cringe influencers you don't follow. You see, Twitter is for smart, ugly people, while Facebook and Reddit are for dumb ugly people. Then we've got Instagram and TikTok for hot dumb people. And then finally, threads was going fill the gap for the hot smart people. Unfortunately, there's just not enough hot smart people in the world to make it work.
twitter
social media
instagram
pornography
In addition, Elon delivered a solid counterpunch to threads last week by making looking the first revenue share payments to creators. 1 of my favorite meme accounts, Internet Hall of Fame, got a 6 figure paycheck for simply curating stupid content on the Internet. In contrast, Meta doesn't do love and you're sharing with their creators. The only thing you get from Meta is fake Internet cloud, and that means if you wanna make money, you have to go to platforms like OnlyFans. But now let's get back to this name change. Why would Twitter rebrand to x. Elon loves the letter x. You've got SpaceX, the Tesla Model X, and even his own kid, x ash archangel 12.
At first, I thought this was all just a joke, but I on my phone that the actual icon has changed. It looks like x is supposed to represent a universal media company that handles all forms of content that rivals platforms like Instagram and YouTube while while providing a universal place for journalists to post content and compensating them for it.
social media
Elon's been talking about making it an everything bagel ever since he bought it last year. In fact, the concept is very similar to WeChat in China. Elon even said so himself. Basically, WeChat's kick ass. My dude would be like, how about if we just copy WeChat? Hey. But WeChat is basically just a giant surveillance tool for the Chinese government.
On top of that, digital privacy is under attack from multiple angles. Worldcoin just launched today. And it's gonna come scan your balls and give you a digital identity in exchange for some cryptocurrency. C 2pa wants to require every media file to be digitally signed. And this new web integrity API proposal wants to add digital rights management to every web browser. And based on its GitHub issues, people seem to really be liking that idea. I think the only solution is that we start over and build a brand new Internet called Internet X. This has been the Code Report. Thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.
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internet
copyright licenses
copyright
It is July 24, 2023, and you are watching the code report. I regret to inform you that the Twitter bird logo was euthanized this morning and replaced with this x logo. Logo. It was designed by some random Twitter user highly inspired by Unicode and is accompanied by this intro video that uses a glitch animation effect that went out of style 5 years ago. This is clearly a genius 25 d chess move by Elon, but the big question is why? Is it just a hoax to draw attention to the platform? Is he deliberately trying to kill Twitter? Is because the new website uses h t m x, or is it part of some other grand strategy that we can't even begin to wrap our heads around? A few months ago, I made a video about how Twitter open sourced its code, and it turns out that was a big stake because Zuckerberg forked that code and launched threads, which was able to gain over a 100,000,000 users in just a few days, making it the fastest growing social media app of all time. Mark Zuckerberg is an absolute genius. He created Facebook, which was the first social media site for friends. Or wait, that was stolen from Myspace, but he was the first person to create Instagram stories for short content that disappears. Or actually, wait, they stole that from Snapchat, but he did create reels for short video content that can go viral quickly. Oh, wait. He stole that from TikTok, which itself stole from Vine, which loincidentally used to be owned by Twitter and was shut down in 2017. Meta engineers even have their own special keyboards to build these features, but threads has a big problem. Traffic is already down 70% from the peak 2 weeks after its launch. And it's already got one foot in its grave right next to blue sky, mastodon, and parlor. It's pro censorship and doesn't allow adult content, but worst of all, it forces you to look at content from the mainstream media and from a bunch of cringe influencers you don't follow. You see, Twitter is for smart, ugly people, while Facebook and Reddit are for dumb ugly people. Then we've got Instagram and TikTok for hot dumb people. And then finally, threads was going fill the gap for the hot smart people. Unfortunately, there's just not enough hot smart people in the world to make it work. In addition, Elon delivered a solid counterpunch to threads last week by making looking the first revenue share payments to creators. 1 of my favorite meme accounts, Internet Hall of Fame, got a 6 figure paycheck for simply curating stupid content on the Internet. In contrast, Meta doesn't do love and you're sharing with their creators. The only thing you get from Meta is fake Internet cloud, and that means if you wanna make money, you have to go to platforms like OnlyFans. But now let's get back to this name change. Why would Twitter rebrand to x. Elon loves the letter x. You've got SpaceX, the Tesla Model X, and even his own kid, x ash archangel 12. At first, I thought this was all just a joke, but I on my phone that the actual icon has changed. It looks like x is supposed to represent a universal media company that handles all forms of content that rivals platforms like Instagram and YouTube while while providing a universal place for journalists to post content and compensating them for it. Elon's been talking about making it an everything bagel ever since he bought it last year. In fact, the concept is very similar to WeChat in China. Elon even said so himself. Basically, WeChat's kick ass. My dude would be like, how about if we just copy WeChat? Hey. But WeChat is basically just a giant surveillance tool for the Chinese government. On top of that, digital privacy is under attack from multiple angles. Worldcoin just launched today. And it's gonna come scan your balls and give you a digital identity in exchange for some cryptocurrency. C 2pa wants to require every media file to be digitally signed. And this new web integrity API proposal wants to add digital rights management to every web browser. And based on its GitHub issues, people seem to really be liking that idea. I think the only solution is that we start over and build a brand new Internet called Internet X. This has been the Code Report. Thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.
It
it
is
is
July
july
24,
24
2023,
2023
and
and
you
you
are
are
watching
watching
the
the
code
code
report.
report
I
i
regret
regret
to
to
inform
inform
you
you
that
that
the
the
Twitter
twitter
bird
bird
logo
logo
was
was
euthanized
euthanized
this
this
morning
morning
and
and
replaced
replaced
with
with
this
this
x
x
logo.
logo
Logo.
logo
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it
was
was
designed
designed
by
by
some
some
random
random
Twitter
twitter
user
user
highly
highly
inspired
inspired
by
by
Unicode
unicode
and
and
is
is
accompanied
accompanied
by
by
this
this
intro
intro
video
video
that
that
uses
uses
a
a
glitch
glitch
animation
animation
effect
effect
that
that
went
went
out
out
of
of
style
style
5
5
years
years
ago.
ago
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this
is
is
clearly
clearly
a
a
genius
genius
25
25
d
d
chess
chess
move
move
by
by
Elon,
elon
but
but
the
the
big
big
question
question
is
is
why?
why
Is
is
it
it
just
just
a
a
hoax
hoax
to
to
draw
draw
attention
attention
to
to
the
the
platform?
platform
Is
is
he
he
deliberately
deliberately
trying
trying
to
to
kill
kill
Twitter?
twitter
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is
because
because
the
the
new
new
website
website
uses
uses
h
h
t
t
m
m
x,
x
or
or
is
is
it
it
part
part
of
of
some
some
other
other
grand
grand
strategy
strategy
that
that
we
we
can't
can't
even
even
begin
begin
to
to
wrap
wrap
our
our
heads
heads
around?
around
A
a
few
few
months
months
ago,
ago
I
i
made
made
a
a
video
video
about
about
how
how
Twitter
twitter
open
open
sourced
sourced
its
its
code,
code
and
and
it
it
turns
turns
out
out
that
that
was
was
a
a
big
big
stake
stake
because
because
Zuckerberg
zuckerberg
forked
forked
that
that
code
code
and
and
launched
launched
threads,
threads
which
which
was
was
able
able
to
to
gain
gain
over
over
a
a
100,000,000
100,000,000
users
users
in
in
just
just
a
a
few
few
days,
days
making
making
it
it
the
the
fastest
fastest
growing
growing
social
social
media
media
app
app
of
of
all
all
time.
time
Mark
mark
Zuckerberg
zuckerberg
is
is
an
an
absolute
absolute
genius.
genius
He
he
created
created
Facebook,
facebook
which
which
was
was
the
the
first
first
social
social
media
media
site
site
for
for
friends.
friends
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or
wait,
wait
that
that
was
was
stolen
stolen
from
from
Myspace,
myspace
but
but
he
he
was
was
the
the
first
first
person
person
to
to
create
create
Instagram
instagram
stories
stories
for
for
short
short
content
content
that
that
disappears.
disappears
Or
or
actually,
actually
wait,
wait
they
they
stole
stole
that
that
from
from
Snapchat,
snapchat
but
but
he
he
did
did
create
create
reels
reels
for
for
short
short
video
video
content
content
that
that
can
can
go
go
viral
viral
quickly.
quickly
Oh,
oh
wait.
wait
He
he
stole
stole
that
that
from
from
TikTok,
tiktok
which
which
itself
itself
stole
stole
from
from
Vine,
vine
which
which
loincidentally
loincidentally
used
used
to
to
be
be
owned
owned
by
by
Twitter
twitter
and
and
was
was
shut
shut
down
down
in
in
2017.
2017
Meta
meta
engineers
engineers
even
even
have
have
their
their
own
own
special
special
keyboards
keyboards
to
to
build
build
these
these
features,
features
but
but
threads
threads
has
has
a
a
big
big
problem.
problem
Traffic
traffic
is
is
already
already
down
down
70%
70%
from
from
the
the
peak
peak
2
2
weeks
weeks
after
after
its
its
launch.
launch
And
and
it's
it's
already
already
got
got
one
one
foot
foot
in
in
its
its
grave
grave
right
right
next
next
to
to
blue
blue
sky,
sky
mastodon,
mastodon
and
and
parlor.
parlor
It's
it's
pro
pro
censorship
censorship
and
and
doesn't
doesn't
allow
allow
adult
adult
content,
content
but
but
worst
worst
of
of
all,
all
it
it
forces
forces
you
you
to
to
look
look
at
at
content
content
from
from
the
the
mainstream
mainstream
media
media
and
and
from
from
a
a
bunch
bunch
of
of
cringe
cringe
influencers
influencers
you
you
don't
don't
follow.
follow
You
you
see,
see
Twitter
twitter
is
is
for
for
smart,
smart
ugly
ugly
people,
people
while
while
Facebook
facebook
and
and
Reddit
reddit
are
are
for
for
dumb
dumb
ugly
ugly
people.
people
Then
then
we've
we've
got
got
Instagram
instagram
and
and
TikTok
tiktok
for
for
hot
hot
dumb
dumb
people.
people
And
and
then
then
finally,
finally
threads
threads
was
was
going
going
fill
fill
the
the
gap
gap
for
for
the
the
hot
hot
smart
smart
people.
people
Unfortunately,
unfortunately
there's
there's
just
just
not
not
enough
enough
hot
hot
smart
smart
people
people
in
in
the
the
world
world
to
to
make
make
it
it
work.
work
In
in
addition,
addition
Elon
elon
delivered
delivered
a
a
solid
solid
counterpunch
counterpunch
to
to
threads
threads
last
last
week
week
by
by
making
making
looking
looking
the
the
first
first
revenue
revenue
share
share
payments
payments
to
to
creators.
creators
1
1
of
of
my
my
favorite
favorite
meme
meme
accounts,
accounts
Internet
internet
Hall
hall
of
of
Fame,
fame
got
got
a
a
6
6
figure
figure
paycheck
paycheck
for
for
simply
simply
curating
curating
stupid
stupid
content
content
on
on
the
the
Internet.
internet
In
in
contrast,
contrast
Meta
meta
doesn't
doesn't
do
do
love
love
and
and
you're
you're
sharing
sharing
with
with
their
their
creators.
creators
The
the
only
only
thing
thing
you
you
get
get
from
from
Meta
meta
is
is
fake
fake
Internet
internet
cloud,
cloud
and
and
that
that
means
means
if
if
you
you
wanna
wanna
make
make
money,
money
you
you
have
have
to
to
go
go
to
to
platforms
platforms
like
like
OnlyFans.
onlyfans
But
but
now
now
let's
let's
get
get
back
back
to
to
this
this
name
name
change.
change
Why
why
would
would
Twitter
twitter
rebrand
rebrand
to
to
x.
x
Elon
elon
loves
loves
the
the
letter
letter
x.
x
You've
you've
got
got
SpaceX,
spacex
the
the
Tesla
tesla
Model
model
X,
x
and
and
even
even
his
his
own
own
kid,
kid
x
x
ash
ash
archangel
archangel
12.
12
At
at
first,
first
I
i
thought
thought
this
this
was
was
all
all
just
just
a
a
joke,
joke
but
but
I
i
on
on
my
my
phone
phone
that
that
the
the
actual
actual
icon
icon
has
has
changed.
changed
It
it
looks
looks
like
like
x
x
is
is
supposed
supposed
to
to
represent
represent
a
a
universal
universal
media
media
company
company
that
that
handles
handles
all
all
forms
forms
of
of
content
content
that
that
rivals
rivals
platforms
platforms
like
like
Instagram
instagram
and
and
YouTube
youtube
while
while
while
while
providing
providing
a
a
universal
universal
place
place
for
for
journalists
journalists
to
to
post
post
content
content
and
and
compensating
compensating
them
them
for
for
it.
it
Elon's
elon's
been
been
talking
talking
about
about
making
making
it
it
an
an
everything
everything
bagel
bagel
ever
ever
since
since
he
he
bought
bought
it
it
last
last
year.
year
In
in
fact,
fact
the
the
concept
concept
is
is
very
very
similar
similar
to
to
WeChat
wechat
in
in
China.
china
Elon
elon
even
even
said
said
so
so
himself.
himself
Basically,
basically
WeChat's
wechat's
kick
kick
ass.
ass
My
my
dude
dude
would
would
be
be
like,
like
how
how
about
about
if
if
we
we
just
just
copy
copy
WeChat?
wechat
Hey.
hey
But
but
WeChat
wechat
is
is
basically
basically
just
just
a
a
giant
giant
surveillance
surveillance
tool
tool
for
for
the
the
Chinese
chinese
government.
government
On
on
top
top
of
of
that,
that
digital
digital
privacy
privacy
is
is
under
under
attack
attack
from
from
multiple
multiple
angles.
angles
Worldcoin
worldcoin
just
just
launched
launched
today.
today
And
and
it's
it's
gonna
gonna
come
come
scan
scan
your
your
balls
balls
and
and
give
give
you
you
a
a
digital
digital
identity
identity
in
in
exchange
exchange
for
for
some
some
cryptocurrency.
cryptocurrency
C
c
2pa
2pa
wants
wants
to
to
require
require
every
every
media
media
file
file
to
to
be
be
digitally
digitally
signed.
signed
And
and
this
this
new
new
web
web
integrity
integrity
API
api
proposal
proposal
wants
wants
to
to
add
add
digital
digital
rights
rights
management
management
to
to
every
every
web
web
browser.
browser
And
and
based
based
on
on
its
its
GitHub
github
issues,
issues
people
people
seem
seem
to
to
really
really
be
be
liking
liking
that
that
idea.
idea
I
i
think
think
the
the
only
only
solution
solution
is
is
that
that
we
we
start
start
over
over
and
and
build
build
a
a
brand
brand
new
new
Internet
internet
called
called
Internet
internet
X.
x
This
this
has
has
been
been
the
the
Code
code
Report.
report
Thanks
thanks
for
for
watching,
watching
and
and
I
i
will
will
see
see
you
you
in
in
the
the
next
next
one.
one
success
In this transcript, Speaker 0 discusses the Twitter rebrand to "xt van" and the controversy surrounding it. Elon Musk's use of the term "xt van" is also discussed, as it is a term used by the majority of the world’s largest social media platforms. The term has been a topic of discussion in various countries, including China, the United States, and Europe.
Twitter rebrands to X in latest 5D chess move
It is July 24, 2023, and you are watching the code report. I regret to inform you that the Twitter bird logo was euthanized this morning and replaced with this x logo. Logo. It was designed by some random Twitter user highly inspired by Unicode and is accompanied by this intro video that uses a glitch animation effect that went out of style 5 years ago. This is clearly a genius 25 d chess move by Elon, but the big question is why? Is it just a hoax to draw attention to the platform? Is he deliberately trying to kill Twitter? Is because the new website uses h t m x, or is it part of some other grand strategy that we can't even begin to wrap our heads around? A few months ago, I made a video about how Twitter open sourced its code, and it turns out that was a big stake because Zuckerberg forked that code and launched threads, which was able to gain over a 100,000,000 users in just a few days, making it the fastest growing social media app of all time. Mark Zuckerberg is an absolute genius. He created Facebook, which was the first social media site for friends. Or wait, that was stolen from Myspace, but he was the first person to create Instagram stories for short content that disappears. Or actually, wait, they stole that from Snapchat, but he did create reels for short video content that can go viral quickly. Oh, wait. He stole that from TikTok, which itself stole from Vine, which loincidentally used to be owned by Twitter and was shut down in 2017. Meta engineers even have their own special keyboards to build these features, but threads has a big problem. Traffic is already down 70% from the peak 2 weeks after its launch. And it's already got one foot in its grave right next to blue sky, mastodon, and parlor. It's pro censorship and doesn't allow adult content, but worst of all, it forces you to look at content from the mainstream media and from a bunch of cringe influencers you don't follow. You see, Twitter is for smart, ugly people, while Facebook and Reddit are for dumb ugly people. Then we've got Instagram and TikTok for hot dumb people. And then finally, threads was going fill the gap for the hot smart people. Unfortunately, there's just not enough hot smart people in the world to make it work. In addition, Elon delivered a solid counterpunch to threads last week by making looking the first revenue share payments to creators. 1 of my favorite meme accounts, Internet Hall of Fame, got a 6 figure paycheck for simply curating stupid content on the Internet. In contrast, Meta doesn't do love and you're sharing with their creators. The only thing you get from Meta is fake Internet cloud, and that means if you wanna make money, you have to go to platforms like OnlyFans. But now let's get back to this name change. Why would Twitter rebrand to x. Elon loves the letter x. You've got SpaceX, the Tesla Model X, and even his own kid, x ash archangel 12. At first, I thought this was all just a joke, but I on my phone that the actual icon has changed. It looks like x is supposed to represent a universal media company that handles all forms of content that rivals platforms like Instagram and YouTube while while providing a universal place for journalists to post content and compensating them for it. Elon's been talking about making it an everything bagel ever since he bought it last year. In fact, the concept is very similar to WeChat in China. Elon even said so himself. Basically, WeChat's kick ass. My dude would be like, how about if we just copy WeChat? Hey. But WeChat is basically just a giant surveillance tool for the Chinese government. On top of that, digital privacy is under attack from multiple angles. Worldcoin just launched today. And it's gonna come scan your balls and give you a digital identity in exchange for some cryptocurrency. C 2pa wants to require every media file to be digitally signed. And this new web integrity API proposal wants to add digital rights management to every web browser. And based on its GitHub issues, people seem to really be liking that idea. I think the only solution is that we start over and build a brand new Internet called Internet X. This has been the Code Report. Thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.
In this transcript, Speaker 0 discusses the Twitter rebrand to "xt van" and the controversy surrounding it. Elon Musk's use of the term "xt van" is also discussed, as it is a term used by the majority of the world’s largest social media platforms. The term has been a topic of discussion in various countries, including China, the United States, and Europe.