▲ 40 ▼ X Announces It’s Shutting Down ‘Circles’ As of October 31st (www.socialmediatoday.com) submitted 2 years ago by 111@zerobytes.monster to c/technology@lemmy.ml 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) STOP CALLING IT X. JUST CALL IT TWITTER.COM permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] eleanor@social.hamington.net 20 points 2 years ago fr! I'll start calling it "X" when he calls his daughter Vivian permalink fedilink source parent [+] Efwis@lemmy.zip -15 points 2 years ago (5 children) You do realize that X is now it’s official name right? Elon changed the name to X and deprecated the twitter name. At the end of the domain registration, he is not going to re-register twitter.com as the domain name, and because he owns the trademark on it, he is going to sue anyone who tries to re-use the domain name. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] candle_lighter@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 years ago (1 child) Don't care. I'm still going to dead name the bird site. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I dropped it when trump was spewing his bs on it. My feed was 90% Trump bs and re-posts. I actively dumped fb, twitter and a few others back in 2019 and My life has been so much better since then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That's 100% on you, nobody made you follow those accounts. My TL had 0 trump shit because I don't follow people who tweeted politics. My job made constant exposure to the news unavoidable so Twitter was where I went to avoid it. So many funny people making original jokes. I made a lot of new friends through it that I still see today I stand by that Twitter was a great platform if you thought about how you used it permalink fedilink source parent [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I genuinely could not care less. I’m going to keep deadnaming his company for as long as Elon keeps deadnaming his daughter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Nothing wrong with that. When I see a re-post from X/twitter, or whatever he wants to name it in the future, I happily scroll right by it. I say let him go bankrupt trying to save it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hope he realizes that's not how it works. Companies own domains they don't use for this exact reason. Hell, most major companies own hundreds of misspelled versions of their domains across many TLDs for user safety. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Like he cares. He bought it for money and political reasons. And now, because of piss poor decisions, the company has been devalued from $44 billion it is now only worth about $4 billion. What makes it so sad is a lot of online companies are following suit thinking they can do what he couldn’t. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago He bought it because he made a joke that then became legally binding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ram@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Just requires whoever picks it up be in a country that doesn't respect US IP law. permalink fedilink source parent [–] krolden@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hopefully that means we cab finally stop giving that shit website any attention. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago Well he is helping it along with the latest talking point that he is going to make X a subscription only platform, aka you must pay to play. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eleanor@social.hamington.net 20 points 2 years ago fr! I'll start calling it "X" when he calls his daughter Vivian permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Efwis@lemmy.zip -15 points 2 years ago (5 children) You do realize that X is now it’s official name right? Elon changed the name to X and deprecated the twitter name. At the end of the domain registration, he is not going to re-register twitter.com as the domain name, and because he owns the trademark on it, he is going to sue anyone who tries to re-use the domain name. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] candle_lighter@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 years ago (1 child) Don't care. I'm still going to dead name the bird site. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I dropped it when trump was spewing his bs on it. My feed was 90% Trump bs and re-posts. I actively dumped fb, twitter and a few others back in 2019 and My life has been so much better since then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That's 100% on you, nobody made you follow those accounts. My TL had 0 trump shit because I don't follow people who tweeted politics. My job made constant exposure to the news unavoidable so Twitter was where I went to avoid it. So many funny people making original jokes. I made a lot of new friends through it that I still see today I stand by that Twitter was a great platform if you thought about how you used it permalink fedilink source parent [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I genuinely could not care less. I’m going to keep deadnaming his company for as long as Elon keeps deadnaming his daughter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Nothing wrong with that. When I see a re-post from X/twitter, or whatever he wants to name it in the future, I happily scroll right by it. I say let him go bankrupt trying to save it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hope he realizes that's not how it works. Companies own domains they don't use for this exact reason. Hell, most major companies own hundreds of misspelled versions of their domains across many TLDs for user safety. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Like he cares. He bought it for money and political reasons. And now, because of piss poor decisions, the company has been devalued from $44 billion it is now only worth about $4 billion. What makes it so sad is a lot of online companies are following suit thinking they can do what he couldn’t. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago He bought it because he made a joke that then became legally binding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ram@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Just requires whoever picks it up be in a country that doesn't respect US IP law. permalink fedilink source parent [–] krolden@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hopefully that means we cab finally stop giving that shit website any attention. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago Well he is helping it along with the latest talking point that he is going to make X a subscription only platform, aka you must pay to play. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] candle_lighter@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 years ago (1 child) Don't care. I'm still going to dead name the bird site. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I dropped it when trump was spewing his bs on it. My feed was 90% Trump bs and re-posts. I actively dumped fb, twitter and a few others back in 2019 and My life has been so much better since then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That's 100% on you, nobody made you follow those accounts. My TL had 0 trump shit because I don't follow people who tweeted politics. My job made constant exposure to the news unavoidable so Twitter was where I went to avoid it. So many funny people making original jokes. I made a lot of new friends through it that I still see today I stand by that Twitter was a great platform if you thought about how you used it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I dropped it when trump was spewing his bs on it. My feed was 90% Trump bs and re-posts. I actively dumped fb, twitter and a few others back in 2019 and My life has been so much better since then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That's 100% on you, nobody made you follow those accounts. My TL had 0 trump shit because I don't follow people who tweeted politics. My job made constant exposure to the news unavoidable so Twitter was where I went to avoid it. So many funny people making original jokes. I made a lot of new friends through it that I still see today I stand by that Twitter was a great platform if you thought about how you used it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That's 100% on you, nobody made you follow those accounts. My TL had 0 trump shit because I don't follow people who tweeted politics. My job made constant exposure to the news unavoidable so Twitter was where I went to avoid it. So many funny people making original jokes. I made a lot of new friends through it that I still see today I stand by that Twitter was a great platform if you thought about how you used it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I genuinely could not care less. I’m going to keep deadnaming his company for as long as Elon keeps deadnaming his daughter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Nothing wrong with that. When I see a re-post from X/twitter, or whatever he wants to name it in the future, I happily scroll right by it. I say let him go bankrupt trying to save it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago Nothing wrong with that. When I see a re-post from X/twitter, or whatever he wants to name it in the future, I happily scroll right by it. I say let him go bankrupt trying to save it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hope he realizes that's not how it works. Companies own domains they don't use for this exact reason. Hell, most major companies own hundreds of misspelled versions of their domains across many TLDs for user safety. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Like he cares. He bought it for money and political reasons. And now, because of piss poor decisions, the company has been devalued from $44 billion it is now only worth about $4 billion. What makes it so sad is a lot of online companies are following suit thinking they can do what he couldn’t. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago He bought it because he made a joke that then became legally binding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Like he cares. He bought it for money and political reasons. And now, because of piss poor decisions, the company has been devalued from $44 billion it is now only worth about $4 billion. What makes it so sad is a lot of online companies are following suit thinking they can do what he couldn’t. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago He bought it because he made a joke that then became legally binding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago He bought it because he made a joke that then became legally binding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ram@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago Just requires whoever picks it up be in a country that doesn't respect US IP law. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Hopefully that means we cab finally stop giving that shit website any attention. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago Well he is helping it along with the latest talking point that he is going to make X a subscription only platform, aka you must pay to play. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago Well he is helping it along with the latest talking point that he is going to make X a subscription only platform, aka you must pay to play. permalink fedilink source parent