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BumRushDaShow

(140,913 posts) Fri Aug 30, 2024, 04:52 AM Aug 30

X, formerly Twitter, to shutter its San Francisco headquarters on Sept. 13

Source: CBS News

August 29, 2024 / 6:46 PM EDT

X, formerly known as Twitter, has revealed when it will permanently close its San Francisco headquarters after the Elon Musk-owned company earlier this year announced plans to move its operations to Texas.

The official closing date will be Friday, Sept. 13, Fortune first reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. X informed employees of the impending office closure in a memo Thursday, according to the publication. New York Times reporter Kate Conger, who covers X, also reported that the headquarters will close Sept. 13.

Twitter was launched in San Francisco in 2006, and its first headquarters was at 164 South Park Ave.

X did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/x-twitter-to-shut-san-francisco-headquarters-september-13/

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X, formerly Twitter, to shutter its San Francisco headquarters on Sept. 13 (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 30 OP

I hope Musk lets the door hit him on the way out. RandySF Aug 30 #1

Should read, "Twitter, recently suffering under the misnomer 'X' imposed by an egotistical loon, ...". Hermit-The-Prog Aug 30 #2

I can't offhand think of any account I follow that doesn't still call the platform Twitter. highplainsdem Aug 30 #3

I think rebranding it as X is as hopeless as changing the "black box" name for cockpit data recorder. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 30 #5

You just reminded me of this brouhaha just over a year ago BumRushDaShow Aug 30 #9

The Egoloon is not a good neighbor to anyone. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 30 #10

OMG, I saw this on the local news. EastBayGuy Aug 30 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 30 #14

It'd be like living next to Chicken Roasters ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 30 #15

Leaving or kicked out for non-payment of rent? Mawspam2 Aug 30 #4

Musk will blame taxes and regulations IronLionZion Aug 30 #6

He's already blamed CA's trans protection laws mathematic Aug 30 #16

He's told advertisers to go F themselves IronLionZion Aug 30 #17

Elon has gotten all triggered over trans issues because of his daughter's gender transition. LeftInTX Aug 30 #19

And Eloon is moving the hq to a state with an unstable power grid. area51 Aug 30 #7

That's the price of free dumb IronLionZion Aug 30 #18

I cannot imagine what he thinks he's gaining by making this move FakeNoose Aug 30 #22

Good. Now lets get that creep Elon to move back to south africa travelingthrulife Aug 30 #8

Move it to Russia, Eloon! They know how to treat employees there & you can both teach the other something new. Wonder Why Aug 30 #11

Space Karen projection on Twitter Building EastBayGuy Aug 30 #13

Good riddance, asshat. ificandream Aug 30 #20

He also was not paying the rent on the building kimbutgar Aug 30 #21

RandySF

(70,156 posts)

1. I hope Musk lets the door hit him on the way out.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 04:57 AM

Aug 30

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,462 posts)

2. Should read, "Twitter, recently suffering under the misnomer 'X' imposed by an egotistical loon, ...".

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 05:01 AM

Aug 30

People who use twitter should continue to call it that. Irritate the Egoloon at every opportunity.

highplainsdem

(52,031 posts)

3. I can't offhand think of any account I follow that doesn't still call the platform Twitter.

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 05:23 AM

Aug 30

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,462 posts)

5. I think rebranding it as X is as hopeless as changing the "black box" name for cockpit data recorder.

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 05:41 AM

Aug 30

The name "twitter" is established among its many users and most people who do not use it. The Egoloon can't change that with legal documents calling it the nondescript 'X'.

The word "hacker" didn't come to be synonymous with "computer vandal" until the news media popularized the term. Now it's inseparable in the public's mind.
https://jargon-i18n.com/en/H/hacker.html

BumRushDaShow

(140,913 posts)

9. You just reminded me of this brouhaha just over a year ago

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 08:26 AM

Aug 30

Brightly flashing ‘X’ sign removed from the San Francisco building that was Twitter’s headquarters

Updated 7:29 AM EDT, August 1, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A brightly flashing “X” sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter just days after it was installed.

The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection said Monday it received 24 complaints about the unpermitted structure over the weekend. Complaints included concerns about its structural safety and illumination.

The Elon Musk-owned company, which has been rebranded as X, had removed the Twitter sign and iconic blue bird logo from the building last week. That work was temporarily paused because the company did not have the necessary permits. For a time, the “er” at the end of “Twitter” remained up due to the abrupt halt of the sign takedown.

The city of San Francisco had opened a complaint and launched an investigation into the giant “X” sign, which was installed Friday on top of the downtown building as Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.

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https://apnews.com/article/twitter-x-sign-lightup-san-francisco-elon-musk-fa81d70c13c98a2cc7f03c2561a01258

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,462 posts)

10. The Egoloon is not a good neighbor to anyone.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #9)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 08:47 AM

Aug 30

EastBayGuy

(109 posts)

12. OMG, I saw this on the local news.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #9)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 10:07 AM

Aug 30

Twittter is surrounded by high rise apartment buildings, imagine that thing flashing into your living room or bedroom windows all night long! Of course, Musk did this without any input from city officials... what could go wrong? An average earthquake could topple that apparatus onto the street below if not seismically sound.

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ArkansasDemocrat1

(3,167 posts)

15. It'd be like living next to Chicken Roasters

Reply to EastBayGuy (Reply #12)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 10:35 AM

Aug 30

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Mawspam2

(843 posts)

4. Leaving or kicked out for non-payment of rent?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 05:32 AM

Aug 30

IronLionZion

(46,864 posts)

6. Musk will blame taxes and regulations

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 07:02 AM

Aug 30

and how only Trump can save American jobs.

mathematic

(1,472 posts)

16. He's already blamed CA's trans protection laws

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 11:58 AM

Aug 30

Complaining about taxes and regulations is so 10 years ago. It's all culture war stuff these days.

IronLionZion

(46,864 posts)

17. He's told advertisers to go F themselves

Reply to mathematic (Reply #16)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 12:08 PM

Aug 30

then sued them for pulling their ads

LeftInTX

(29,714 posts)

19. Elon has gotten all triggered over trans issues because of his daughter's gender transition.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 30, 2024, 12:33 PM

Aug 30

Elon is in denial about his child and is blaming it on "woke" and "external issues".

He's not a good parent.
Nor is he a good businessman.
He's mixing the two, which is not good.

At least Trump didn't tear down the Trump tower when he left NY, nor did he tear up his Bedminster club in NJ.

Elon is cukoo.