I still call it Twitter, because that's what it is.
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I still call Meta Facebook and alphabet Google... No one is confused, it's only ambiguous if you start getting into logistics about business units
Twitter didn't even reorganize, they just changed their name to something it feels dumb to say. It's actually less ambiguous to call it Twitter, because X is a confusing trademark
Facebook is still Facebook and Google is still Google, though.
Musk didn’t create a parent company called X to manage the Twitter platform, he renamed the entire platform.
This is the only sane response.
We should stop calling it.
I still call it Twitter.
And Meta will always be Facebook
I always call it FaceBook Inc. It's absurd that that shit has always gone right past everyones observation. Prolly still clicking because upon seeing it you're ass will do the denial your damn self instead of reading it upside down: zero responsibility for maintenance of spying products handle when a corporation is doing the gig and not the gorramn government.
But Facebook hasn't renamed. It's still Facebook, but under company called Meta.
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I never liked Twitter that much to begin with, but it’s definitely not the same thing as it used to be. I’m fine with calling it X instead of Twitter because of that. X is a stupid name for a stupid social media platform. It’s fitting. It’s definitely not Twitter anymore, which ever way you want to look at it.
Just do what The Register does
Twitter, the social media service now calling itself X,
Respect, but... No.
Xitter
Pronounced "shitter"
The only acceptable answer
And tweets are xits
Or we can call it by the past tense "Twat".
good one
It's much easier to simply keep calling it Twitter. Further syllables add nothing.
Or you could call it what Linus on Wan show by Linus Tech Tips YT channel made up: ex-Twitter You essentially say both of the names and the fact that Twitter is the "old name". But as a F-u to Musk, we should just call it Twitter.
Just call it Shitter, because that's what it is.
Spelled "Xitter"
Just use the URL: twitter.com
X-twitter is my personal favorite. Ex-twitter works too.
TwitX
I've also seen Twixer, which I quite like.
I still just call it Twitter though. Maybe when Musk gets bored someone will buy it and change it back.
Or xitter, with the xi pronounced shi
What about just "Ten"?
Twitter, formerly know as successful
I say we just ignore it, everytime someone mentions it one red blood cell enters the Muskian dick
$8chan
The dumpster fire formally called Twitter.
I still use the old names; Facebook, Twitter
I don't care if they change their names. Less brain power used to stick to an old name most (still) know.
Facebook is still called that. The social media platform, that is; the company that runs it is now called Meta, and it makes sense to distinguish those.
I pronounce it “not c” instead of x
Come to think of it, "X" is awfully close, as a glyph, to a swastika.
Whenever it occurs in spoken conversation, I call it X to highlight the absurdity of the rebranding. The other person either needs an explanation or a few seconds to figure out what I mean.
I ignore it whenever possible but if I do say anything, it's called Twitter
its Twitter or shitter to me
I refuse to call it anything other than twitter.
I listen to NPR regularly and their people seem to like saying "Twitter, which is now known as X." I dunno why though. I guess if someone doesn't know?
Just call it lil musk's ego
XfkaTwitter
Whether you call it Ex-twitter or X-twitter, I don't really care :-)
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