Since nobody likes calling it X, why don't we call the platform "ex-twitter"? That way it's technically true, and everybody knows what you're talking about.

JoelJ@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 412 points –

or maybe eX-twitter

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He deadnames his own child, and yet gets butthurt when the internet deadnames his company. I feel like just “Twitter” is the biggest insult we could collectively give to him as a person, in this context.

Exactly. This. Twitter. That's it. Melon Husk doesn't get a say, he ought to be ignored completely by everyone.

I've been calling it Xitter. The X is pronounced "sh."

I like the sass, but do people know what you’re talking about in spoken conversation?

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Why don’t we just stop talking about it altogether.

I feel like it'll piss off the shitbag more if no one calls it X, so, that's what I'm going with

Could just stop talking about it all together.

I'll just keep referring it to as Twitter if I ever need to talk about it.

I've been calling it 10

Play it cool. Nobody's going to know you're a time traveling Roman

"Hey guys, did you see what's trending on 10?"

Just call it Twitter since Elon doesn't believe in calling people by their names

or just not talk about it

Yup.

What the fuck is the point of everyone mentions that it was "formerly twitter".

...or - hear me out here - we all just stop using that asswipe's platform?!?

Crazy, I know!

It’s twitter and always will be twitter until dick bag fully runs it into the ground.

I prefer Xitter, but to make it more apparent what the pronunciation is I spell it out more phonetically as "shitter".

I just don’t talk about the name change, pretty similar to how I’ve barely given twitter notice for the past decade

Who wouldn't know what you were talking about if you just called it Twitter?

Don't cater to the whims of billionaires. Not even a little.

The artist formerly known as Prince platform formerly known as Twitter.

Yeah I think twitter is fine. Plus it might drive the rat king out of his marbles.

Keep calling it Twitter but add @Deprecated so future users know to avoid it?

I mean, it still is Twitter. That's the URL that people use to access the site. Tbh I have no idea if Musk actually went through the effort of changing the company name in the business licensing or other company paperwork. Just the logo and header seem to say X. But I agree, I'm getting so annoyed with journalists calling it "the site formerly known as Twitter." so dumb.

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Playing into it and calling it X does actually reduce the effectiveness of twitter's branding. Just call it X, let people be confused, and let that kill the fun so they will just move on already.

𝕏 sounds stupid so I say it, its old brand was something it currently does not deserve

imagine being an 𝕏 user 𝕏ing on their 𝕏 and re𝕏ing other people's 𝕏es

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If you're so keen on renaming twitter then maybe don't make fun of Elon wanting to do the same.

It's twitter. Always has been.

Just call it X. If nobody understands what you are talking about, consider it a positive.

I call it: "The thing formerly known as twitter".

It's short and concise, without using the actual stupid name, meaning not advertising "The thing formerly known as twitter".

I think x works if you think of it as short for excrement

Or just keep it more compact: Xitter.

Pronounced with sh.

How about "The platform formerly known as Twitter" since the name has been changed to a nonsensical symbol instead of a meaningful word?

I will still call it twitter. I hope twitter either dies or becomes a giant nostr relay.