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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What it's called isn't irrelevant. Twitter blue, tweeting, Twitter and tweets are all linked to Twitter and not to X. And X is what it's called now. So post on X and follow me on X.

Just because the App on iOS and or android haven't been updated to reflect that change doesn't mean it hasn't been rebranded yet.

How it will affect the users? Well that's to be seen. The first waves of Userscripts surely will follow soon to replace X with the bird in browsers.

Edit: just checked the twitter App on the android play store may still be named by such but is now owned by X Corp. The most generic name ever.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Why is what it’s named relevant? Twitter blue will be renamed. Functionally nothing will change.