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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] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be hilarious if a random got that domain and threw a mastodon instance on it. They'll probably keep it though lol

[–] emax_gomax 5 points 1 year ago

Given how shamelessly stupid musks whole takeover has been I guarantee they wont won't. He'll probably assign someone to keep it renewed and then fire them.