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I understand not only the what, but the why (lemmy.world)

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[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

People talk about Twitter?

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

Epic rebranding fail.

[-] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Missing an option - "I'm combining the two names into a weird abomination that no one likes but that's what that platform deserves nowadays"

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

Xitter, pronounced shitter.

[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Shouldn't renaming a social media really be up to the users? Shouldn't twitter users vote on that?

We just conceded that social media are owned by some corporate entity but the only values is in the users themselves. They build it. They should "own" and control the social media democratically, it should be accountable to them. It seems much more obvious than with traditional media that these should be democratic institutions.

Elon Musk behaving so blatantly stupid is unusual but the problem is really much larger.

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[-] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I am still waiting for a well-known media to call it "the website commonly known as Xitter", instead of "the website formerly known as Twitter".

[+] MNByChoice@midwest.social -14 points 10 months ago

The owner wants it to be called "X", it is disrespectful to call it anything else. It is a happy coincidence that all name recognition is gone.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 0 points 10 months ago

Ownership doesn't give you some moral right to rename something. Especially ownership of a public platform

It probably gives you the legal right... That's it.

Maybe it's disrespectful, but I'd strongly argue the opposite - it might be a husk of its former self, but Twitter is an impressive technical feat. They did a lot of good in pushing the limits of technology, and modern programmers stand on their shoulders.

A drunk man-child changed its name late one night, with no respect for what he's destroying or even the slightest consideration of how to actually do it

I've never liked Twitter itself, but I think the creators deserve respect for advancing computer science

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 0 points 10 months ago

Thank you for your perspective. I had not considered that some would think of Twitter as something special and valuable. While Twitter has created some neat ideas, I see them as the "also ran that win due to huge amounts of cash". No morals involved.

The community that grew around Twitter was special, but temporary. Just like to communities before and after it.

Cheers

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