Pebble, the Twitter alternative previously known as T2, is shutting down | TechCrunch

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The first I've heard of this platform is when it's shutting down... might be why it did.

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I remember hearing about "Pebble" for the first time about a month ago when it showed up in an article in my "all" feed (https://pawb.social/post/2688668).

Its name before its rebrand was already questionable as I think T2 already has strong associations with the Terminator franchise; and its new name was not any better. "Pebble" is too generic a term to get people to understand the platform's concept and in the tech space, I think everyone would think of the wearables first.

All this to say I am zero percent surprised they went out of business. I'm only surprised it happened so shortly after their rebrand (though at this point I'm starting to think that must have been some sort of Hail Mary).

I think the T2 was to insinuate that it was “Twitter 2”. I didn’t understand the rebrand, because, even though it’s been a few years, Pebble to me is still associated with the smart watch.

I actually signed up and used it a little, but I put up a funny post with a Corvette that had a wheel off sitting on wood blocks with the caption, “When Rednecks get Corvettes! 🤣” It was a stupid little joke, but my post was flagged as offensive and removed. At that point I made one more post explaining what had happened, and that I was going to be leaving the platform. I left the post up for a couple of weeks and then deleted my account. If that was considered offensive, my sarcastic self didn’t stand a chance on that platform.

I’m not surprised they didn’t get any traction.

I’m not surprised they didn’t get any traction.

Nobody would be if it was up on wood blocks.

I actually think conceptually "Pebble" is a great name for a social media site if you lean into the "drop a pebble in a pond and it ripples outward = even the smallest person can reach a large group of people with their message."

At least it MEANS something, unlike whatever "X" is supposed to represent (a name so bad, it's STILL usually followed by "formerly Twitter" whenever it's mentioned by anyone)

Following that concept, a platform called Ripple where individual posts are called Pebbles and responses/reshares are called Waves wouldn't be half-bad, branding-wise.

Hey that's the exact same time I heard about it! ...and I'm the one who posted it. Brilliant me 🙃

Yep, I looked it up that day for the first time and haven’t heard about it again until now, when they’re kind enough to tell us to not even bother with it.

I have never heard about it until this announcement of its demise :p