Stuck In Our Ways
As I was reading Chapter 6 this week it mentioned the rebranding of Twitter. This stuck out to me because I still call it Twitter whenever I talk about it. It's not even something I actively think about. We all referred to it as Twitter while completing our live-tweeting assignment as well. This made me think about how we as a society often get stuck in our ways and refuse to change. One example of this was when Musical.ly rebranded to TikTok. This change happened in 2018. Most of us use its correct name now but that was not the case when the switch first happened. I remember there being quite an uproar surrounding it with many people swearing they would never use the new name. A larger example of this is the Willis Tower in Chicago. In 2009 the tower’s name was changed from the Sears Tower to the Willis Tower. Many people still haven’t accepted this name change and others don’t even know about it. If you don’t live in or near Chicago you might not have heard of or care about the ...