gsa4555 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoElon Musk admits X 'may fail, as so many have predicted'www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square356fedilinkarrow-up1881arrow-down176cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.helvetet.euenoughmuskspam@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orgslackernews@lemmy.world
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minus-squareᗪᗩᗰᑎ@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·1 year agoX? Can we collectively decide to forever call it “X, formerly known as Twitter” just to piss him off?
minus-squareRozhkiNozhki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·1 year agoI like the most recent The Verge variant: Twitter, X, or whatever it’s currently called…
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoTwiX is unfortunately already taken.
minus-squareDa_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoDamn, I could go for a twix bar right about now.
minus-squarekescusay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·1 year agoI call it Xitter. The X is pronounced with an “sh” sound.
minus-squaretriclops6@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoExitter is also a valid prononciation
minus-squareloobkoob@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up27·1 year agoI saw someone on Mastodon say something along the lines of “I’ll continue to deadname Twitter for as long as Musk continues to deadname his daughter” and I love that sentiment.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agodaaaaaaamn. That’s brilliant.
minus-squaremriguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoBetter to just call it “The site formerly known as Twitter” and don’t mention X at all. That would piss him off more.
minus-squaregrte@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoSeems like it will be the website formerly known as existing soon enough.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI just call it Twitter. Just like I call the (former?) rapper Kanye West. I don’t cater to the whims of the 1% if I can help it.
X? Can we collectively decide to forever call it “X, formerly known as Twitter” just to piss him off?
I like the most recent The Verge variant: Twitter, X, or whatever it’s currently called…
TwiX is unfortunately already taken.
Damn, I could go for a twix bar right about now.
I call it Xitter. The X is pronounced with an “sh” sound.
Exitter is also a valid prononciation
I saw someone on Mastodon say something along the lines of “I’ll continue to deadname Twitter for as long as Musk continues to deadname his daughter” and I love that sentiment.
daaaaaaamn. That’s brilliant.
Better to just call it “The site formerly known as Twitter” and don’t mention X at all. That would piss him off more.
“…posted on social media…”
Ooh, even better!
Seems like it will be the website formerly known as existing soon enough.
I just call it Twitter. Just like I call the (former?) rapper Kanye West. I don’t cater to the whims of the 1% if I can help it.