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Mastodon Usage Soaring as Twitter Rebranding Leads to User Exodus: CEO Eugen Rochko (asumetech.com)

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[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

Because tweeting and being on Twitter is culturally relevant. Twxing and being on =..,,,/''''°°X°°""/,,,...= is sad and cringe.

People run away from things which are sad and cringe.

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[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

People run away from things which are sad and cringe.

Threads would like to have a word

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[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago

I kinda like the name "Threads" but X sounds like something 12 year old me came up with

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[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone -3 points 3 years ago

No one goes around saying they're on twitter and that they tweet. People aren't going to leave in any great numbers because it's now called X.

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