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Mastodon Usage Soaring as Twitter Rebranding Leads to User Exodus: CEO Eugen Rochko (asumetech.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Because tweeting and being on Twitter is culturally relevant. Twxing and being on =..,,,/''''°°X°°""/,,,...= is sad and cringe.

People run away from things which are sad and cringe.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People run away from things which are sad and cringe.

Threads would like to have a word

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I kinda like the name "Threads" but X sounds like something 12 year old me came up with

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago

No one goes around saying they're on twitter and that they tweet. People aren't going to leave in any great numbers because it's now called X.