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submitted 10 months ago by Stanwich@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Why the f#ck do they still need to clarify it was once a good site . X remember I used to be Twitter.

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Huh?
It's formerly
Twitter was never a "good site", it's always been a cesspool

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Because “X” is ambiguous and basically meaningless. They are clarifying that they are talking about the company that used to be Twitter instead of any of the other 1,000,000 things called X.

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sir, this is ~~a Wendy's~~ !technology

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

It's an invasion. Severe aggression from Mildly Infuriating.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because "X" means X.org for about 40 years now.

[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even down to the logo, same thicker bar on the X.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Has X.org taken any legal action about this? Or can they? I mean it's a letter, though the stylization is practically identical.

[–] MurdoMaclachlan@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Theoretically they might be able to, but it would be a very difficult case fought against a massive corporation. I doubt they'd consider it worth the trouble and legal fees, especially given there's no guarantee of winning.

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I believe it was about the time that musk threw a fit the news was still calling it Twitter and threatened to take action. I'm pretty sure they're calling it that now just to piss him off

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

They’ve been writing “X, formerly Twitter” in news articles since the day he announced it. Also was “Twitter, currently rebranding to X” for the first week.

[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For me Twitter died shortly after Musk took over. It's fitting that he renamed it - because it's not the same place anymore.

[–] evident5051@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Can't wait for Twitter (formerly X (formerly Twitter)) to come.

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 1 points 10 months ago

At least "Twitter" can be blocked nice and easily, "X" is pretty damn tricky without catching stuff like Xylophones, Exercise, Xbox etc

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

In Finnish media they're usually calling it "viestipalvelu X" roughly translating to "messaging service X" but it's not uncommon for them to include that it used to be called twitter.