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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] 105 points 2 years ago

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

"You should X-create" that

[-] [email protected] 48 points 2 years ago

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

oh wait.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago

It's inspired by all the X-Twitter employees

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

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

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