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As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] ActionHank@sopuli.xyz 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like the idea of referring to it only as "The social media site formerly known as Twitter" from here on out.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I use the historical name, twitter, because to the extent future historians will have to talk about it, that's the name they'll use. I cannot imagine it will do anything of relevance from this point forwards except as a glaring example of the failures of capitalism.

[–] Wilker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the name "X" is just a bunch of pollution to other topics that happens to have something of the same name. i hate it.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Also "former bird site" has a nice ring to it