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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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[–] cmat273@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 years ago (1 child)

It would be hilarious if a random got that domain and threw a mastodon instance on it. They'll probably keep it though lol

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[–] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago

Given how shamelessly stupid musks whole takeover has been I guarantee they wont won't. He'll probably assign someone to keep it renewed and then fire them.

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