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Just found out Tweets are now called Posts (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to c/microthoughts@lemmy.world

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This seems dumb to me. When people said they saw a tweet you knew it was from Twitter - instant brand recognition. A "post" could be from anywhere. Throwing away that distinctive identification seems stupid to me.

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

It definitely threw away one of the most recognizable brands ever -- one so ubiquitous it had verbs.

Imagine if Google suddenly rebranded as "D" or something. It would be a colossal fart.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Some people started calling it 'shitter', so call the posts shits.

"I just took a shit!"

"Good for you. I never want to see it."

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

It's dumb to me too, somewhere along the lines of calling programs "applications/apps" instead. I get that language changes, and try not to buck trends if they seem a little off to me, but it pisses me off because people start telling me that the old name/definition are wrong/don't apply anymore when they've been tied at the root to the word and its use for far longer.

TBH am feeling the same thing from Bluesky when they call comments "posts". Like, what you just made, what I'm commenting on, that's a post, not my reply...