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I get a kick out of every time a journalist feels they need to specify "formerly known as Twitter" because X is such a generic, indistinguishable brand.
I think it would be better to say "Twitter, currently branded as X" it is both useful and makes it look like it is just a cringy phase a teenager might go through temporarily. So you should just ignore the change and it will eventually resolve itself.
The x.com URL just points at Twitter.com
IMO the whole renaming/redirecting/retheming situation with twitter looks like an unprofessional half hearted aquisition lol
Both engineers are working on it.
"The site formerly known as Twitter"
The site still located at Twitter.com
I continue to use “twitter” because Musk is a transphobe. If he feels obligated to deadname or misgender people, or defend those who do, I don’t see the need to follow what he wants to identify as, either.
So if Musk were to immediately stop deadnaming trans people, would you immediately stop "deadnaming" Twitter?
If Elmo owned up to and apologized for his transphobia, resolving not to do that kind of thing again in the future, I would be more than happy to call his microblogging service whatever he ends up deciding to name it. I’m not sure this is going to be enough to convince him, but go ahead and forward that along if you think it will help.
Might as well just call it Twitter. The only people that go along with calling it "X" are chuds and Musk sycophants.
You already said chuds
All these venn diagrams make a circle.
What a fantastic insult (I didn't mean that as sarcasm, I think it's hilarious).
Currently x.com still redirects to Twitter.com, so I don’t see any issues with calling it Twitter.
99% sure there's to much code with logic checking for the Twitter domain (including in external dependencies!) that they don't know how to mirror the site correctly on x.com
Elon could make things even worse by hastening that transition. If the x-twitter app is down for a few weeks and all external connections break for a few month, it’s going to be just fine. I’m pretty sure that it would only improve the quality of life of all twitter users.
It is Twitter, and I'll be Twitter until it's shutdown. Only morons who are into crypto ponzi schemes call it X unironically, expecting Elon to be their friend somehow
Xitter is a good compromise, and almost onomatopoeic.
Like or hate Elon, I hope everyone can agree the name change is incredibly stupid. X... X what? X me later. Did you see that X?... Uh huh.
X gonna give it to ya.
There are a lot of jokes to be made about Twitter referencing the disasterpiece movie "Foodfight!" and its villains fighting for "Brand X".