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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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[–] ThePantser 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When they change from a racist name and or mascot.

[–] tabular 4 points 1 year ago

That rebranding seems to me as just hiding past misdeeds. I'm not charitable enough to take apologies from companies at face-value, there would need to be some effort to explain and show change too.