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[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 74 points 2 years ago

I’m just cracking up over here at how no one is calling it “X.” Not a single news story I’ve seen on this so far has called Elon’s lil app anything but “Twitter” in the headline.

That rebranding is going great! 🤣

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago

Maybe he should stop deadnaming his own child first.

[-] sebinspace@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

My family won’t even stop deadnaming me. I’m not even trans, they just don’t really care.

[-] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Tbf news articles nowadays mostly focus on SEO and driving engagement. A single letter is the worst thing for SEO. Even suffixing it with Corp can't overcome that. It just reiterates how big of a moron musk is. But well, at least we get front row seats to someone setting billions on fire.

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I wish users did that more often. Is there any reason to say "Meta" instead of "Facebook"?

[-] Cubes@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well it makes sense when referring to the company because they own a bunch of popular brands like Instagram, WhatsApp, etc. Twitter just has Twitter so it doesn't matter as much.

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I don't understand. What's does saying "Meta owns WhatsApp" do which saying "Facebook owns WhatsApp" does not do? A disadvantage is my non-tech literate coworkers and family probably wouldn't know what I'm talking if I said Meta.

[-] drdabbles@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Surprising absolutely noone.

[-] cedarmesa@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] drdabbles@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Really? You were surprised that a Musk company is doing something only a scumbag would have them do? Reinstating accounts that have openly shared child abuse images wasn't enough of a red flag?

[-] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2023
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