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submitted 2 years ago by adonis@kbin.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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 2 years ago

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

"You should X-create" that

[-] teolan@lemmy.world 113 points 2 years ago

And a tweet becomes an "X-cretion"

[-] notapantsday@feddit.de 70 points 2 years ago
[-] callmepk@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

And retweet it become X-Forwarded-For it

[-] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago

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

oh wait.

[-] mauns@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

It's inspired by all the X-Twitter employees

[-] Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Voli@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago

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

[-] sheilzy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 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."

this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023
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