return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoRIP Twitter Dot Com: Elon Musk Moves Social Network to X Web Addressvariety.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1191
arrow-up1147external-linkRIP Twitter Dot Com: Elon Musk Moves Social Network to X Web Addressvariety.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squaremacrocephalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59arrow-down1·6 months agoIt’s so much so that every news article that quotes it still says “X, formerly Twitter”.
minus-squareUndercoverUlrikHD@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·6 months agoThat’s because X means absolutely nothing. It’s a letter commonly used to fill in blanks. It’s an awful name for any company/brand.
minus-squareCybermonk_Taiji@r.nflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down1·6 months agoRemember that “brand X” is the lesser brand that advertising uses when they can’t directly name their competitors. Brand X is inherently the cheap crap no name brand.
minus-squarehispeedzintarwebz@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoIt’s also a pretty boss jazz fusion band co-founded by drummer Phil Collins https://youtu.be/vo7mYqaMKXA?si=QqOYm1GH4lelZpMj
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/vo7mYqaMKXA?si=QqOYm1GH4lelZpMj Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·6 months agoI’ve seen and prefer “Twitter, now X”.
It’s so much so that every news article that quotes it still says “X, formerly Twitter”.
That’s because X means absolutely nothing. It’s a letter commonly used to fill in blanks. It’s an awful name for any company/brand.
Remember that “brand X” is the lesser brand that advertising uses when they can’t directly name their competitors. Brand X is inherently the cheap crap no name brand.
Love that Joker
Xsssss
It’s also a pretty boss jazz fusion band co-founded by drummer Phil Collins
https://youtu.be/vo7mYqaMKXA?si=QqOYm1GH4lelZpMj
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/vo7mYqaMKXA?si=QqOYm1GH4lelZpMj
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
I’ve seen and prefer “Twitter, now X”.
Twitter (now “X”)