• Wheaties [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    When Prince wanted to change his name, it was a little silly, but I get the whole "formerly known as Prince" thing. Don't want to piss of a big artist who commands respect, your television network wants to come off as respecting individual's choices (although, really, nobody who wasn't already a famous icon would be given that same treatment).

    Seeing that same wording for fucking re-branding is just emphasizes how hollow it really is/was. Why are you doing that? Nobody is going to get mad at your newspaper or whatever if you just say Twitter.

    • uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Prince didn't wantto change his name. The name his mother named him was Prince, but his label trademarked the musical act "Prince" and forbid him from performing or recording under that name. When he changed labels in 2000, he was able to use his name again.

      • Wheaties [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        i shouldn't have tried to comment on something I only know by oblique jokes after the fact

        • uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 year ago

          I get it. When he did it, it seemed to me like some kind of egotistical, avant garde stunt. Later I learned that it was a protest against capital explotation, and I changed my view.

    • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      They could probably be sued for damaging the company's brand or some BS if they continue to use the former name. No actual person cares but companies are gonna go after money whenever possible.

      • Wheaties [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        Ugg, you're right.

        URL is still twitter.com though, just refer to it as www.twitter.com in every sentence