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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] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I wonder how much x.com cost to purchase, or if it was just a domain twitter/Musk had lying around.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mastadon is where the smart people hang out... X is the fascist site and Facebook/Threads is the frivolous and stupid site.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

this is sooo complicated

It is, objectively, significantly more complicated, though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s exactly it. I saw a lot of people on Twitter today saying they’re only staying the fallout. It’s dumb, and yes, I’m part of the problem, though I’m staying only to update some connections on where I’m going.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Once the celebrities or official pages or figure people leave that site for its dismaying complications, that will be the doom of it as followers of those don't have other significant reasons to stay.