mastermind@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoElon Musk takes over @x Twitter account without paying ownerwww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1297arrow-down118
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minus-squarejoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBut, as I mentioned above, Twix the candy bar and TwiX the portmanteau for Twitter/X exist in different product spaces. Consumers are unlikely to be confused between the two. I still wouldn’t mind it catching on, haha.
minus-squareCandelestine@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’d still irritate them due to the connotations, regardless of how legally actionable their irritation would be.
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoJust make sure that you always explain it like “It’s TwiX, you know, like the candy bar! They must be affiliated.”
But, as I mentioned above, Twix the candy bar and TwiX the portmanteau for Twitter/X exist in different product spaces. Consumers are unlikely to be confused between the two. I still wouldn’t mind it catching on, haha.
It’d still irritate them due to the connotations, regardless of how legally actionable their irritation would be.
Just make sure that you always explain it like “It’s TwiX, you know, like the candy bar! They must be affiliated.”