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RIP Twitter Dot Com: Elon Musk Moves Social Network to X Web Address (variety.com)
submitted 10 months ago by return2ozma to c/technology
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[–] macrocephalic 58 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's so much so that every news article that quotes it still says "X, formerly Twitter".

[–] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've seen and prefer "Twitter, now X".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Twitter (now “X”)