Hey! Have you been on Twitch lately? Oh, I'm sorry I mean Smssy!
You don't know what I'm talking about? That's okay, those names came close to being the name of Twitter.
Weird right? I'm going to share with you this week about this particular thing.
It sounds really unusual doesn't it, Twitter being called other names. Not only other names but a totally different logo to go with it.
Twitter, with the blue bird. It's one of the most recognizable logos right? Imagine it almost wasn't like that at all. The article "Twitter Was Almost Called Smssy (and Almost Looked Awful, Too)" says "According to a post on Bilton's blog, the founders of Twitter bounced around plenty of ideas, and most—but not all—of the logos for were created by co-founder Biz Stone. There are some shockers in there. Stone played around with the big green speech bubble (not too bad), as well as a "retro Atari vibe" for a vowel less Twttr (which deserves to be filed in the trash)."
So in the article, it's basically saying how bad the names were and how distasteful the logos were going to be.
I think that it was a good thing that they were sticking with the name "Twitter" and the little bird logo they have to go with it. To me personally, it doesn't affect me seeing how I don't get on Twitter often, but I think I wouldn't like it as much anyway. I mean, to me at least Twitter seems like a pretty good name already and I'm glad they didn't go for something else. When I used to get on Twitter, I found it very nice and it didn't sound or look childish. I think if they went for a different name and logo, it wouldn't be as popular as it is today.
Changing the name of Twitter would have an impact because you wouldn't see celebrities talking about it all the time and there would be less and less drama. Why? Because it sounds childish saying you were having a fight on Twitch, or Smssy than it does on Twitter. Fighting period on the Internet is childish but with a name like those, people wouldn't want to get on it as much, then they wouldn't talk about other people as bad. The downside for Twitter would be it's popularity would take a downfall. That's all I really have to say for the name change of Twitter.
Changing the name of Twitter would have an impact because you wouldn't see celebrities talking about it all the time and there would be less and less drama. Why? Because it sounds childish saying you were having a fight on Twitch, or Smssy than it does on Twitter. Fighting period on the Internet is childish but with a name like those, people wouldn't want to get on it as much, then they wouldn't talk about other people as bad. The downside for Twitter would be it's popularity would take a downfall. That's all I really have to say for the name change of Twitter.
I really like your writing style, it was actually amusing to read. However, I think you should change the color of your blog font. Its pretty but a little tough to read. Also, in your last paragraph I definitely agree with you when you said "Changing the name of Twitter would have an impact because you wouldn't see celebrities talking about it all the time and there would be less and less drama" you made a great point with your personal decision.
ReplyDeleteI like the font and the style of this blog. However your blog is lacking a little amusement. What I mean by this is that you should add some pictures and maybe just a little more information.
ReplyDeleteI like how you wrote your blog, you did a really good job getting your opinions across. One suggestion that I would make is to change the color of the words because it was a little difficult to read. Good job!
ReplyDeleteYour doing a really good job.I like how you included possible names for Twitter.You should really change the font color though. Overall great job with the info.
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