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I still don't get how - with such a perfect tee-up - we settled on "X, the platform formerly known as Twitter".

Besides, imagining Musks reaction to this tickles me slightly.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I still prefer to write it “xitter” pronounced as “shitter”.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I still prefer to write "Twitter" because fuck X and Musk

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was taking that to be "zitter" like it's infected and probably should be seen by a professional otherwise it's going to leave a nasty mark.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

In Chinese pinyin x is a sh sound.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You know, you may have just changed my mind

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And there’s the issue. There are just too many good jokes to be had here.

The other half is that news organizations won’t let themselves place a joke over the appearance of objectivity, using the legally changed name of the company. The most they will do is add the parenthetical (formerly Twitter).

Journalists are wet blankets. What can you do?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

😕 🤚 X, formerly known as Twitter

😎 👉 Xitter, pronounced as Shitter

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Didn't South Park call it Shitter first?

Scary how prophetic satire is

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I'll call it Twatter until the day I die

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

While it still says "twitter.com" in the SSL certificate, that's still it's name. It is still called Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I'll have to think about it, meanwhile I'll keep calling twitter, twitter.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It is referencing Prince. He went by a symbol and people called him, The Artist (Formerly Known as Prince).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)#/media/File%3APrince_logo.svg

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The trouble with that is that it shows a certain amount of respect

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And it's owned by the X billionaire Elon Musk.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hopefully, he'll soon be an ex-billionaire.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I was just hoping it might help him realize how dumb X sounds to everyone else.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I’ve already posted this elsewhere but

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Site: Twatter. Users: Twats.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

i have a longing for the day when Twitter is bailed out because it's tOo BIg to fAiL

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I prefer "used-to-be-twitter." I think it captures the context better, and it's clunky, as it should be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Because ex-Twitter doesn’t get the same SEO as Twitter nor X.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Why are we still talking about it? Yesterday's news, man.