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As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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As Twitter ditches its iconic branding in favor of owner Elon Musk's favorite letter "X," its open source competitor Mastodon is once again seeing usage numbers soar.

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[–] teolan@lemmy.world 105 points 3 years ago (3 children)

“You should tweet that” becomes “you should X that”

"You should X-create" that

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[–] teolan@lemmy.world 113 points 3 years ago (2 children)

And a tweet becomes an "X-cretion"

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[–] notapantsday@feddit.de 70 points 3 years ago

X-crement

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[–] callmepk@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago

And retweet it become X-Forwarded-For it

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[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 48 points 3 years ago (1 child)

It’s just a new form of messaging called X-communication.

oh wait.

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[–] mauns@lemmy.world 28 points 3 years ago (1 child)

It's inspired by all the X-Twitter employees

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[–] Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 years ago

We're witnessing an X-tinction event in real time.

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[–] Voli@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Ain’t X-ing a term for cutting something out of your life ?

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[–] sheilzy@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago

Yes, and I was thinking how confusing it could be. A: "Hey, did you see that trend on X?" B: "What? No, I don't talk to my ex anymore."

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