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X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in domain names, breaking legit URLs (mashable.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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On Monday, it appears X attempted to encourage users to cease referring to it as Twitter and instead adopt the name X. Some users began noticing that posts viewed via X for iOS were changing any references of "Twitter.com" to "X.com" automatically.

If a user typed in "Twitter.com," they would see "Twitter.com" as they typed it before hitting "Post." But, after submitting, the platform would show "X.com" in its place on the X for iOS app, without the user's permission, for everyone viewing the post.

And shortly after this revelation, it became clear that there was another big issue: X was changing anything ending in "Twitter.com" to "X.com."

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[-] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 21 points 7 months ago

I don't get why he's so stubborn on X dot com being a thing. Especially since when I hear dot com I think of the 90s or early 2000s, and specifically the dot com bubble.

x.social or x.net sound way cooler tbh.

[-] yuriy@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

finally a use for the .fail TLD

[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 7 months ago

how about x.org lmao

[-] uis@lemm.ee 12 points 7 months ago

I choose x.org

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Man what a banger domain to have. Good on xorg

[-] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago

Maybe he just likes the game Xcom.

[-] trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 7 months ago

From what i understand, it actually is a name he came up with in the early 2000s and have tried pushing it before.

[-] FJT@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

X-Com sounds pretty cool tbh

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

It's "XCOM" nowadays. Since 2012, really.

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Especially since when I hear dot com I think of the 90s or early 2000s, and specifically the dot com bubble.

x.social or x.net sound way cooler tbh.

Dot com is the high ground of web links though. The best real estate, basically.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Do you have that same problem with Twitter dot com?

[-] JonEFive@midwest.social 5 points 7 months ago

Well, let's talk about when Twitter was founded...

[-] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Yes but to a lesser extent. The name Twitter doesn't sound like it's trying to be "cool internet thing" as much as X

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